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59,705 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 people displaced in Dakar, violence in Kabul and protests in Baku (Azerbaijan). Afghanistan's coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's. Language across the world's news ran softer than usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 31 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostSenegal 67 in 100 of its 85 stories, usually 34
RegionSouth Asia 30 in 100 of its stories, usually 28
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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Displacement

Senegal

57 of its 85 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Dakar accounted for 51 of Senegal's 57 stories about harm, carried by 118 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (39 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Senegal over 30 days → its stories → Dakar stories →
Conflict & violence

Afghanistan

1,225 of its 1,526 stories (80%) were about people being harmed, usually 67%. Kabul accounted for 990 of Afghanistan's 1,225 stories about harm, carried by 870 outlets. Tuberculosis was named in 26 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with plague. Its coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Afghanistan over 30 days → its stories → Kabul stories →
Protests & strikes

Azerbaijan

203 of its 574 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. 76 of Baku's 102 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (57 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

Azerbaijan over 30 days → its stories → Baku stories →
Rights & justice

United Arab Emirates

113 of its 611 stories (18%) were about people being harmed, usually 11%. Reports of arrests ran at about 6 times the usual rate (77 stories). Storms were named in 13 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

United Arab Emirates over 30 days → its stories →
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Conflict & violence

Ukraine

464 of its 731 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Kiev accounted for 343 of Ukraine's 464 stories about harm, carried by 293 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 9 times the usual rate (283 stories).

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Rights & justice

Sweden

316 of its 816 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (16 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

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Deaths & injuries, cause not given

Laos

24 of its 57 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (14 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Sudan

108 of its 149 stories (72%) were about people being harmed, usually 58%. 44 of Darfur's 48 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (19 stories).

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Conflict & violence

Kashmir

125 of its 267 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Reports of abductions ran at about 4 times the usual rate (10 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Protests & strikes

Palestine

436 of its 766 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 46%. 78 of Ramallah's 147 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people displaced ran at about three times the usual rate (54 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: hiv in Lesotho (21 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); poisoning in Indonesia (92 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); tropical storm in Bahamas (19 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); cyclone in Sri Lanka (57 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); heavy rain in Jamaica (16 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 25 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 59,705 stories about harm among 301,515 counted on 25 May.

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Lesotho's news mentioned HIV about 6 times as often as usual. 20 in every 100 of the day's 301,515 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. In Senegal, 67% of the news was about people being harmed, where 34% is usual.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Burundi85 in 100 of its 134 stories · usually 74 · mostly conflict & violence Afghanistan80 in 100 of its 1,526 stories · usually 67 · mostly conflict & violence Syria76 in 100 of its 1,026 stories · usually 76 · mostly conflict & violence Sudan72 in 100 of its 149 stories · usually 58 · mostly rights & justice Senegal67 in 100 of its 85 stories · usually 34 · mostly displacement

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Albuquerque US1127 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1152 Anaheim US369 stories about protests or strikes, of its 839 Washington US310 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1950 Paris France241 stories about protests or strikes, of its 405 Hanoi Vietnam156 stories about protests or strikes, of its 194

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zimbabwe: 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'sUnited States: feelings about like the world'sSouth Georgia & South Sandwich Islands: too little coverage to readFalkland Islands: feelings about like the world'sCayman Islands: feelings about like the world'sIsle of Man: too little coverage to readUganda: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTonga: feelings about like the world'sTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: feelings about like the world'sThailand: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: too little coverage to readSudan: feelings about like the world'sSpain: feelings about like the world'sSouth Africa: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: too little coverage to readSlovakia: 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: feelings about like the world'sRwanda: feelings about like the world'sQatar: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: feelings about like the world'sPhilippines: feelings about like the world'sPeru: 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 readCuraçao: too little coverage to readNamibia: feelings about like the world'sMozambique: feelings about like the world'sMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: 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'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'sLibya: 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 readJamaica: feelings about like the world'sItaly: feelings about like the world'sPalestine: feelings about like the world'sIndia: feelings about like the world'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sHungary: feelings about like the world'sHonduras: feelings about like the world'sHaiti: feelings about like the world'sGuyana: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: 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: too little coverage to readSt Pierre & Miquelon: too little coverage to readFrench Polynesia: too little coverage to readNew Caledonia: feelings about like the world'sFrench Southern Territories: too little coverage to readÅland Islands: too little coverage to readFiji: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: feelings about like the world'sEcuador: feelings about like the world'sDominican Republic: 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'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 readChina: feelings about like the world'sChile: feelings about like the world'sChad: feelings about like the world'sCentral African Republic: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: feelings about like the world'sCanada: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: 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'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'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readAntigua & Barbuda: feelings about like the world'sAngola: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: feelings about like the world'sAlbania: 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'sEast Jerusalem: feelings about like the world'sVatican City: feelings about like the world'sMarshall Islands: too little coverage to readNorthern Mariana Islands: feelings about like the world'sAmerican 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 readBritish Virgin Islands: feelings about like the world'sTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: too little coverage to readJersey: feelings about like the world'sGuernsey: feelings about like the world'sSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: too little coverage to readCook Islands: feelings about like the world'sAruba: feelings about like the world'sMonaco: feelings about like the world'sMaldives: feelings about like the world'sLiechtenstein: too little coverage to readWallis & 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: too little coverage to readGibraltar: too little coverage to readMayotte: too little coverage to readZambia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sYemen: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sVietnam: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sVenezuela: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUK: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sTürkiye: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sTunisia: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sTanzania: coverage a little warmer than the world'sTaiwan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSyria: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSwitzerland: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sSweden: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSri Lanka: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSouth Korea: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSomalia: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSingapore: coverage about twice as warm as the world'sSenegal: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sRussia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sRomania: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPoland: 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 one and a half times as angry as the world'sNetherlands: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNepal: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMorocco: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sWestern Sahara: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMali: coverage a little warmer than the world'sLiberia: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sLesotho: coverage a little warmer than the world'sLebanon: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sLatvia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sLaos: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sKenya: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKazakhstan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sJordan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sJapan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIsrael: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sIreland: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIraq: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sIran: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sIndonesia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sGrenada: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sFrance: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sFinland: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sEthiopia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sEstonia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sEgypt: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sDenmark: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sCongo: coverage a little angrier than the world'sColombia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sHong Kong: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCameroon: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBurundi: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sBrazil: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBosnia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBelgium: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sBangladesh: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBahamas: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage about one and a half times as warm 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 about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sArgentina: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sWestern Sahara: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sWestern Sahara: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sBermuda: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sNauru: coverage a little more grief-stricken 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

● Afghanistan about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's · 1,225 stories about harm ● Singapore about twice as warm as the world's · 220 stories about harm ● Sweden about twice as fearful as the world's · 316 stories about harm ● Burundi about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 114 stories about harm ● Switzerland about twice as fearful as the world's · 159 stories about harm ● Somalia about twice as angry as the world's · 117 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice31% 18,419 stories · more than usual (usually 28%) Conflict & violence21% 12,208 stories · about as usual Health20% 11,420 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents13% 7,761 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 3,301 stories · about as usual Displacement4% 2,135 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 1,987 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 1,262 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 killed16,640 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests7,599 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected6,641 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured3,728 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees1,168 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions903 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced635 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations482 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Canada Stories reporting people falling ill60 at about half the usual rate · most about Indonesia 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 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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