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59,712 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 landslides in Myanmar, illness in Mirebalais and people injured in Colombia. Myanmar's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Taken together, the world's news read about as usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 28 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostGrenada 79 in 100 of its 131 stories, usually 19
RegionSoutheast Asia 30 in 100 of its stories, usually 25
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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Disasters & accidents

Myanmar

166 of its 259 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Yangon accounted for 112 of Myanmar's 166 stories about harm, carried by 129 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 9 times the usual rate (77 stories). Landslides were named in 109 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Myanmar over 30 days → its stories → Yangon stories →
Health

Haiti

144 of its 189 stories (76%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Mirebalais accounted for 87 of Haiti's 144 stories about harm, carried by 59 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about 9 times the usual rate (8 stories). Chikungunya was named in 52 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.

Haiti over 30 days → its stories → Mirebalais stories →
Conflict & violence

Colombia

197 of its 323 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (49 stories). Polio was named in 48 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

Colombia over 30 days → its stories →
Protests & strikes

Vietnam

1,300 of its 2,839 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. 666 of Hanoi's 875 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people displaced ran at about 9 times the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

Vietnam over 30 days → its stories → Hanoi stories →
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Protests & strikes

Cambodia

117 of its 199 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 46%. Phnom Penh accounted for 81 of Cambodia's 117 stories about harm, carried by 38 outlets. 49 of Phnom Penh's 81 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of refugees ran at more than ten times the usual rate (17 stories).

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Disasters & accidents

Nepal

326 of its 513 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 56%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (52 stories). Hypothermia was named in 114 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with snowstorms. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Pakistan

868 of its 1,967 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Reports of refugees ran at about twice the usual rate (11 stories). Storms were named in 11 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Iran

129 of Tehran's 187 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of evacuations ran at about twice the usual rate (13 stories). Wildfires were named in 30 of its stories about harm, about 9 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Rights & justice

Grenada

103 of its 131 stories (79%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of arrests ran at about 8 times the usual rate (49 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Displacement

Greece

899 of its 1,721 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (228 stories). Food poisoning was named in 14 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual, with poisoning and extreme cold.

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Also named far more than usual: road crashes in Malawi (54 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hypothermia in Nepal (114 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); poisoning in Peru (18 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); cyclone in Sri Lanka (57 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); wildfires in Indonesia (43 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 24 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 59,712 stories about harm among 298,922 counted on 24 May.

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In Myanmar's news, mentions of landslides ran more than ten times their usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 20 in every 100 of the day's 298,922 stories, as usual. Myanmar's news was 64% about people being harmed, against a usual 42%.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Niger82 in 100 of its 60 stories · usually 50 · mostly conflict & violence South Sudan79 in 100 of its 123 stories · usually 63 · mostly rights & justice Grenada79 in 100 of its 131 stories · usually 19 · mostly rights & justice Syria77 in 100 of its 1,584 stories · usually 76 · mostly conflict & violence Haiti76 in 100 of its 189 stories · usually 39 · mostly health

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Hanoi Vietnam666 stories about protests or strikes, of its 875 Washington US300 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1959 London UK212 stories about protests or strikes, of its 966 Fallujah Iraq189 stories about protests or strikes, of its 662 Paris France167 stories about protests or strikes, of its 342

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: too little coverage to readUzbekistan: too little coverage to readUruguay: 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 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: too little coverage to readIsle 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: 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 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 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: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSaudi Arabia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSão Tomé: about as warm as its own usual or lessSamoa: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessNigeria: 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 readNepal: about as warm as its own usual or lessNamibia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMozambique: too little coverage to readMorocco: about as warm as its own usual or lessWestern Sahara: about as warm as its own usual or lessMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: too little coverage to readMoldova: about as warm as its own usual or lessMexico: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritius: too little coverage to readMauritania: about as warm as its own usual or lessMalta: 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 lessMadagascar: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorth Macedonia: too little coverage to readLuxembourg: too little coverage to readLithuania: about as warm as its own usual or lessLibya: too little coverage to readLiberia: 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: 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 lessJapan: 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: 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 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 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessNew Caledonia: about as warm as its own usual or lessFrench Southern Territories: too little coverage to readÅland Islands: too little coverage to readFinland: 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: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: about as warm as its own usual or lessEgypt: about as warm as its own usual or lessEcuador: about as warm as its own usual or lessDominican Republic: about as warm as its own usual or lessDominica: about as warm as its own usual or lessDjibouti: about as warm as its own usual or lessGreenland: about as warm as its own usual or lessFaroe Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessDenmark: about as warm as its own usual or lessCzech Republic: about as warm as its own usual or lessN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCroatia: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessComoros: too little coverage to readColombia: about as warm as its own usual or lessChina: about as warm as its own usual or lessHong Kong: about as warm as its own usual or lessChile: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessCameroon: about as warm as its own usual or lessCambodia: too little coverage to readMyanmar: about as warm as its own usual or lessBurkina Faso: about as warm as its own usual or lessBulgaria: about as warm as its own usual or lessBrunei: about as warm as its own usual or lessBrazil: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBenin: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelize: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelgium: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelarus: too little coverage to readBarbados: 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 lessAustralia: about as warm as its own usual or lessHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readAntigua & Barbuda: too little coverage to readAndorra: too little coverage to readAlbania: 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): about as warm as its own usual or lessWestern Sahara (Free Zone): about as warm as its own usual or lessEast Jerusalem: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: too little coverage to readJersey: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuernsey: too little coverage to readSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: too little coverage to readCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: too little coverage to readMaldives: about as warm as its own usual or lessLiechtenstein: about as warm as its own usual or lessWallis & Futuna: too little coverage to readSt. Martin: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt. 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 readVietnam: warmth about its own usualVanuatu: warmth about its own usualPuerto Rico: warmth about its own usualUkraine: warmth about its own usualTürkiye: warmth about its own usualTunisia: warmth about its own usualTanzania: warmth about its own usualSwitzerland: warmth about its own usualNorway: warmth about its own usualNiger: warmth about its own usualMalawi: warmth about its own usualKenya: warmth about its own usualIraq: warmth about its own usualGuatemala: warmth about its own usualFiji: warmth about its own usualCyprus: warmth about its own usualCuba: warmth about its own usualBurundi: warmth about its own usualAustria: warmth about one and a half times its own usualArmenia: warmth about its own usualArgentina: warmth about its own usualAngola: warmth about its own usualAlgeria: warmth about its own usualAfghanistan: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualUkraine: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualHelsinki, Finland -- health: 18 stories, carried by 17 outletsPathankot, India -- conflict & violence: 28 stories, carried by 27 outletsColorado Springs, US -- deaths & injuries, cause not given: 90 stories, carried by 181 outletsChabahar, Iran -- conflict & violence: 53 stories, carried by 39 outletsMaine, US -- rights & justice: 24 stories, carried by 24 outletsAung Hlaing, Myanmar -- rights & justice: 17 stories, carried by 28 outletsYorkshire, UK -- shelter & services: 68 stories, carried by 59 outletsMadhes, India -- rights & justice: 15 stories, carried by 14 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

● Austria warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Helsinki Finland about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 18 stories ● Pathankot India about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 28 stories ● Colorado Springs US about twice as warm as the day's news · deaths & injuries, cause not given · 90 stories ● Chabahar Iran about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 53 stories ● Maine US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 24 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice28% 16,201 stories · about as usual Health22% 12,720 stories · more than usual (usually 19%) Conflict & violence20% 11,618 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents13% 7,604 stories · less than usual (usually 15%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given8% 4,586 stories · about as usual Displacement5% 2,843 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 1,902 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 1,286 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 killed19,172 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected7,196 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests6,977 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured3,841 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees1,624 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations859 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions695 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Nigeria and the US Stories reporting people displaced514 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Syria and Nigeria Stories reporting people falling ill61 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Nepal

Stories that report it, not people: we count what reporters wrote, not what happened.

How it felt 30 days →

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The words in the day's stories were about as 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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