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61,373 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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Most of the day's attention went to protests in les Cayes (Haiti), heavy rain in Sri Lanka and violence in Baghdad. Iraq's coverage was about three times as angry as the world's. Taken together, the world's news read about as usual.

Reports of people falling ill ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about the US and Canada →
Part of lifeRights & justice 29 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostMalta 50 in 100 of its 208 stories, usually 11
RegionNorth America 22 in 100 of its stories, usually 20
Tone of the words About as usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

how these are picked →
Protests & strikes

Haiti

128 of its 176 stories (73%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. les Cayes accounted for 111 of Haiti's 128 stories about harm, carried by 104 outlets. 90 of les Cayes' 111 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (87 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Haiti over 30 days → its stories → Les Cayes stories →
Disasters & accidents

Sri Lanka

327 of its 643 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Reports of people affected ran at more than ten times the usual rate (258 stories). Heavy rain was named in 221 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Sri Lanka over 30 days → its stories →
Conflict & violence

Iraq

1,523 of its 1,817 stories (84%) were about people being harmed, usually 67%. Baghdad accounted for 1,226 of Iraq's 1,523 stories about harm, carried by 927 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (1,049 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

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

Palestine

643 of its 1,111 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 47%. Ramallah accounted for 505 of Palestine's 643 stories about harm, carried by 19 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about 6 times the usual rate (126 stories). Earthquake was named in 61 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual.

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

Georgia

53 of its 98 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Tbilisi accounted for 50 of Georgia's 53 stories about harm, carried by 46 outlets. 48 of Tbilisi's 50 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (45 stories).

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Disasters & accidents

Chile

137 of its 276 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (11 stories). Plague was named in 86 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Nepal

Kathmandu accounted for 166 of Nepal's 209 stories about harm, carried by 133 outlets. 130 of Kathmandu's 166 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (16 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Libya

531 of its 796 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 57%. Reports of refugees ran at about twice the usual rate (49 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Latvia

19 of its 52 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. 12 of Riga's 18 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (17 stories).

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Finland

61 of its 255 stories (24%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of refugees ran at about 6 times the usual rate (37 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

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Also named far more than usual: plague in Chile (86 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); ebola in Angola (22 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); plague in Tunisia (16 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); road crashes in Singapore (27 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hiv in Egypt (35 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

20 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 17 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 61,373 stories about harm among 303,507 counted on 17 May.

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Mentions of heavy rain ran more than ten times their usual in Sri Lanka's news. of the day's 303,507 news stories, 20 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. People falling ill were reported at about twice the usual rate, most often about the US and Canada. Haiti's news was 73% about people being harmed, against a usual 33%.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Iraq84 in 100 of its 1,817 stories · usually 67 · mostly conflict & violence Haiti73 in 100 of its 176 stories · usually 33 · mostly conflict & violence Yemen71 in 100 of its 482 stories · usually 82 · mostly conflict & violence Syria71 in 100 of its 1,477 stories · usually 76 · mostly conflict & violence Libya67 in 100 of its 796 stories · usually 57 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US377 stories about protests or strikes, of its 2350 Paris France274 stories about protests or strikes, of its 472 Beijing China248 stories about protests or strikes, of its 413 Nairobi Kenya223 stories about protests or strikes, of its 269 Sanaa Yemen178 stories about protests or strikes, of its 235

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: too little coverage to readMicronesia: feelings about like the world'sU.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: too little coverage to readCayman 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'sTogo: feelings about like the world'sTimor-Leste: feelings about like the world'sThailand: feelings about like the world'sTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: too little coverage to readSpain: 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'sSlovenia: feelings about like the world'sSierra Leone: 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: feelings about like the world'sSt. Lucia: too little coverage to readRomania: feelings about like the world'sQatar: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: feelings about like the world'sPoland: 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'sNigeria: feelings about like the world'sNicaragua: feelings about like the world'sNew Zealand: feelings about like the world'sNiue: too little coverage to readNetherlands: feelings about like the world'sCuraçao: too little coverage to readNamibia: feelings about like the world'sMozambique: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: feelings about like the world'sMontenegro: 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'sMalta: feelings about like the world'sMali: feelings about like the world'sMalaysia: feelings about like the world'sMalawi: feelings about like the world'sMadagascar: feelings about like the world'sNorth Macedonia: feelings about like the world'sLuxembourg: feelings about like the world'sLithuania: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: feelings about like the world'sLebanon: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: feelings about like the world'sKyrgyzstan: 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'sJordan: feelings about like the world'sIsrael: feelings about like the world'sPalestine: feelings about like the world'sIndia: feelings about like the world'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sHonduras: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGhana: feelings about like the world'sGambia: 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'sEthiopia: feelings about like the world'sEstonia: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: feelings about like the world'sEgypt: feelings about like the world'sEcuador: feelings about like the world'sDominican Republic: feelings about like the world'sDjibouti: feelings about like the world'sGreenland: feelings about like the world'sFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: feelings about like the world'sCuba: feelings about like the world'sCôte d'Ivoire: 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'sHong Kong: feelings about like the world'sChad: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: feelings about like the world'sCanada: feelings about like the world'sCameroon: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sBurkina Faso: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: feelings about like the world'sBrazil: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: feelings about like the world'sBolivia: too little coverage to readBhutan: 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'sAndorra: too little coverage to readAlbania: 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'sEast Jerusalem: feelings about like the world'sMarshall Islands: feelings about like the world'sNorthern Mariana Islands: too little coverage to readAmerican Samoa: feelings about like the world'sChagos Islands: too little coverage to readSt. Helena: too little coverage to readPitcairn: too little coverage to readAnguilla: too little coverage to readBritish 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 readNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: feelings about like the world'sMaldives: feelings about like the world'sLiechtenstein: feelings about like the world'sWallis & 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: feelings about like the world'sGibraltar: feelings about like the world'sMayotte: too little coverage to readYemen: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sVietnam: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sUK: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sTürkiye: coverage about twice as fearful 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 grief-stricken as the world'sTonga: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSyria: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSwitzerland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSweden: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSudan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSri Lanka: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sSouth Korea: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSomalia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSingapore: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSenegal: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sRwanda: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPhilippines: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPeru: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sOman: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sNorway: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNorth Korea: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNiger: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNepal: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sMorocco: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sMauritania: coverage a little warmer than the world'sLibya: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sLiberia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sLaos: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKenya: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sJapan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sJamaica: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sItaly: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIreland: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sIraq: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIndonesia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sHungary: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sHaiti: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sGuyana: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGuatemala: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGreece: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGermany: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sGeorgia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sFrance: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sFinland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sDominica: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sDenmark: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCzechia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sCroatia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sCongo: coverage a little angrier than the world'sChile: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sCentral African Republic: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sMyanmar: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBurundi: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBulgaria: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBosnia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBelgium: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sBangladesh: coverage about 4 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 warm as the world'sAustralia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sArmenia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sAngola: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sAlgeria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sUkraine: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sKashmir: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sVatican City: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBermuda: coverage a little more fearful than 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

● Bangladesh about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's · 405 stories about harm ● Iraq about three times as angry as the world's · 1,523 stories about harm ● Türkiye about twice as fearful as the world's · 568 stories about harm ● Belgium about twice as fearful as the world's · 124 stories about harm ● Kashmir about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 109 stories about harm ● Saudi Arabia about twice as fearful as the world's · 282 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice29% 17,744 stories · about as usual Health21% 12,846 stories · more than usual (usually 19%) Conflict & violence20% 11,818 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents14% 8,212 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given7% 3,948 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood4% 2,277 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 1,935 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 1,652 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 killed17,708 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests8,114 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected6,650 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured5,410 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees1,282 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations875 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions634 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Australia Stories reporting people displaced589 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill216 at about twice the usual rate · most about the US and Canada

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 about as usual. Filled dot: today. Ring: usual.

● Angerabout as usual
● Warmthabout as usual
● Griefa little less 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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