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58,955 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 news turned to violence in Egyptair, a disaster in Colombo and illness in Dakar. Egypt's coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's. In the world's news as a whole, the wording was about as usual.

Reports of people falling ill ran at about 4 times the usual rate, most often about the US and Canada → Help and hope: reports of people freed or reunited ran at about one and a half times the usual rate →
Part of lifeRights & justice 27 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostSri Lanka 70 in 100 of its 916 stories, usually 39
RegionSub-Saharan Africa 35 in 100 of its stories, usually 30
Tone of the words About as usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Conflict & violence

Egypt

3,642 of its 5,343 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 51%. Egyptair accounted for 3,518 of Egypt's 3,642 stories about harm, carried by 2,115 outlets. Reports of people falling ill ran at more than ten times the usual rate (8 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

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

Niger

37 of its 47 stories (79%) were about people being harmed, usually 46%. Diffa accounted for 34 of Niger's 37 stories about harm, carried by 24 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (34 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Mali

109 of its 128 stories (85%) were about people being harmed, usually 65%. Kidal accounted for 78 of Mali's 109 stories about harm, carried by 81 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 7 times the usual rate (92 stories). Its coverage was about twice as warm as the world's.

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Health

Sierra Leone

65 of its 99 stories (66%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (29 stories). Malaria was named in 13 of its stories about harm, about three times usual.

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Conflict & violence

Nigeria

1,642 of its 3,524 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Reports of abductions ran at about 5 times the usual rate (751 stories). Wildfires were named in 73 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual, with drownings.

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Protests & strikes

Kazakhstan

40 of its 141 stories (28%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. 21 of Almaty's 22 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (22 stories).

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Conflict & violence

Tanzania

65 of its 203 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (18 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

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Also named far more than usual: ebola in Brazil (101 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); flooding in Guyana (15 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); tuberculosis in South Africa (104 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); malaria in Sierra Leone (13 of its stories, about three times its usual); landslides in Philippines (48 of its stories, about 5 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 20 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 58,955 stories about harm among 295,704 counted on 20 May.

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Reports of people falling ill ran at about 4 times the usual rate, most often about the US and Canada. of the day's 295,704 news stories, 20 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Brazil's news mentioned Ebola more than ten times as often as usual. Help and hope: reports of people freed or reunited ran at about one and a half times the usual rate. For the second day running, the news turned to Egypt.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Mali85 in 100 of its 128 stories · usually 65 · mostly conflict & violence Sudan73 in 100 of its 156 stories · usually 60 · mostly conflict & violence Syria71 in 100 of its 589 stories · usually 76 · mostly conflict & violence Sri Lanka70 in 100 of its 916 stories · usually 39 · mostly disasters & accidents Senegal68 in 100 of its 63 stories · usually 32 · mostly health

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US328 stories about protests or strikes, of its 2436 San Francisco US302 stories about protests or strikes, of its 760 Baghdad Iraq270 stories about protests or strikes, of its 342 Chibok Nigeria231 stories about protests or strikes, of its 865 Jerusalem Israel183 stories about protests or strikes, of its 655

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'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'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 readUganda: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTrinidad & Tobago: feelings about like the world'sTonga: feelings about like the world'sTogo: feelings about like the world'sTimor-Leste: feelings about like the world'sThailand: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: too little coverage to readSouth Africa: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: 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: feelings about like the world'sRomania: feelings about like the world'sQatar: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: 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'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'sMorocco: feelings about like the world'sMontenegro: feelings about like the world'sMongolia: too little coverage to readMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMexico: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: feelings about like the world'sMalta: 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'sLiberia: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: 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'sJamaica: feelings about like the world'sPalestine: feelings about like the world'sIreland: feelings about like the world'sIndonesia: feelings about like the world'sIndia: feelings about like the world'sHungary: feelings about like the world'sHonduras: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: feelings about like the world'sGuinea: feelings about like the world'sGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGreece: feelings about like the world'sGhana: feelings about like the world'sGermany: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: 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 readFinland: feelings about like the world'sFiji: 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: 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'sHong Kong: feelings about like the world'sChile: feelings about like the world'sCanada: 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'sBahrain: feelings about like the world'sBahamas: feelings about like the world'sAzerbaijan: feelings about like the world'sAustralia: feelings about like the world'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readAntigua & Barbuda: too little coverage to readAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: feelings about like the world'sAlbania: feelings about like the world'sJammu & 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'sAzad 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: feelings about like the world'sNorthern Mariana Islands: feelings about like the world'sAmerican Samoa: too little coverage to readChagos Islands: too little coverage to readSt. Helena: feelings about like the world'sPitcairn: 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: feelings about like the world'sJersey: feelings about like the world'sGuernsey: too little coverage to readSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: feelings about like the world'sCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: feelings about like the world'sMonaco: 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: too little coverage to readNorfolk 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 about one and a half times as warm as the world'sVenezuela: coverage a little angrier than the world'sUS: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sUK: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUkraine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sTürkiye: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sTunisia: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sTanzania: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as 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 a little warmer than the world'sEswatini: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSudan: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sSri Lanka: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSpain: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSouth Korea: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSomalia: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sSlovakia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSlovenia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSingapore: coverage about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world'sSenegal: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sRwanda: coverage a little warmer than the world'sRussia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sPoland: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPhilippines: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPeru: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPakistan: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sNorway: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNiger: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sNepal: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sWestern Sahara: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMali: coverage about twice as warm as the world'sMalaysia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sLibya: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sLebanon: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sLatvia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sKenya: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sJapan: coverage a little angrier than the world'sItaly: 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 one and a half times as warm as the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIceland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sHaiti: coverage a little angrier than the world'sGuyana: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGrenada: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sFrance: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sEl Salvador: coverage a little angrier than the world'sEgypt: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sEcuador: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sDominican Republic: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sDenmark: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCôte d’Ivoire: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCongo: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sColombia: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sChad: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCentral African Republic: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sCape Verde: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sCameroon: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCambodia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBurundi: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBosnia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBelgium: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sBangladesh: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sAustria: coverage a little warmer than the world'sArmenia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sArgentina: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sAngola: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sWestern Sahara: coverage a little warmer than the world'sWestern Sahara: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUkraine: coverage a little angrier 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

● Mali about twice as warm as the world's · 109 stories about harm ● Singapore about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's · 321 stories about harm ● Cape Verde few stories about twice as fearful as the world's · 46 stories about harm ● Niger few stories about twice as angry as the world's · 37 stories about harm ● Bangladesh about twice as angry as the world's · 347 stories about harm ● Syria about twice as angry as the world's · 416 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice27% 15,625 stories · about as usual Health22% 12,956 stories · more than usual (usually 19%) Conflict & violence22% 12,801 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents13% 7,695 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given7% 3,832 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 1,808 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 1,699 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 1,257 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 killed18,330 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected8,325 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests7,590 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured3,021 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting abductions1,454 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Nigeria and the US Stories reporting refugees1,195 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced765 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations418 at about half the usual rate · most about Sri Lanka and Canada Stories reporting people falling ill413 at about 4 times 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.

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