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What the world's news said happened to people.
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57,525 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 violence in Kabul, protests in Idlib (Syria) and people injured in the Czechia. the Czechia's coverage was about three times as grief-stricken 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 India →
Part of lifeRights & justice 27 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostBahrain 75 in 100 of its 223 stories, usually 24
RegionCentral Asia 30 in 100 of its stories, usually 21
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

Afghanistan

964 of its 1,176 stories (82%) were about people being harmed, usually 68%. Kabul accounted for 515 of Afghanistan's 964 stories about harm, carried by 349 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (221 stories). Natural hazards were named in 98 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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

Syria

969 of its 1,185 stories (82%) were about people being harmed, usually 76%. Idlib accounted for 423 of Syria's 969 stories about harm, carried by 356 outlets. 220 of Idlib's 423 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (392 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Syria over 30 days → its stories → Idlib stories →
Rights & justice

Czechia

147 of its 296 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (59 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Czechia over 30 days → its stories →
Food & livelihood

Qatar

139 of its 335 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 9%. Doha accounted for 124 of Qatar's 139 stories about harm, carried by 122 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 9 times the usual rate (113 stories).

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

Poland

308 of its 767 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (121 stories). Hepatitis was named in 10 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

South Sudan

168 of its 209 stories (80%) were about people being harmed, usually 56%. 66 of Juba's 76 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people displaced ran at about 4 times the usual rate (68 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Bahrain

167 of its 223 stories (75%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. 26 of Manama's 39 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (44 stories).

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Conflict & violence

Cuba

104 of its 279 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of people killed ran at about 9 times the usual rate (48 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

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Health

Puerto Rico

98 of its 207 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Chikungunya was named in 76 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with dengue. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Italy

752 of its 2,283 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (598 stories). Accidents were named in 39 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Also named far more than usual: chikungunya in Puerto Rico (76 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hepatitis in Sierra Leone (32 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hurricane in Dominica (14 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); extreme cold in Antarctica (19 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); storms in Kenya (49 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

21 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 31 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 57,525 stories about harm among 274,370 counted on 31 May.

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Puerto Rico's news mentioned the chikungunya more than ten times as often as usual. 21 in every 100 of the day's 274,370 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. People falling ill were reported at about twice the usual rate, most often about the US and India. Afghanistan stood out: 82% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 68%.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Libya83 in 100 of its 609 stories · usually 62 · mostly conflict & violence Afghanistan82 in 100 of its 1,176 stories · usually 68 · mostly conflict & violence Syria82 in 100 of its 1,185 stories · usually 76 · mostly conflict & violence South Sudan80 in 100 of its 209 stories · usually 56 · mostly rights & justice Côte d’Ivoire79 in 100 of its 184 stories · usually 32 · mostly rights & justice

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Cincinnati US1070 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1476 Washington US372 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1631 Delhi India231 stories about protests or strikes, of its 832 Los Angeles US222 stories about protests or strikes, of its 796 Idlib Syria220 stories about protests or strikes, of its 423

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Venezuela: 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'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'sUkraine: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: feelings about like the world'sTonga: feelings about like the world'sTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: feelings about like the world'sThailand: feelings about like the world'sTanzania: feelings about like the world'sSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sSweden: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: feelings about like the world'sSri Lanka: 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: too little coverage to readSierra 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'sPortugal: 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: too little coverage to readOman: feelings about like the world'sNiger: feelings about like the world'sNew Zealand: feelings about like the world'sNiue: too little coverage to readCuraçao: too little coverage to readNepal: feelings about like the world'sNamibia: feelings about like the world'sMozambique: feelings about like the world'sMorocco: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: 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'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'sLuxembourg: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: feelings about like the world'sKyrgyzstan: feelings about like the world'sKuwait: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readJordan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sJamaica: feelings about like the world'sIran: feelings about like the world'sIndonesia: 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'sGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: feelings about like the world'sGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGreece: feelings about like the world'sGambia: feelings about like the world'sGabon: feelings about like the world'sFrance: feelings about like the world'sSt 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'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'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: feelings about like the world'sN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: feelings about like the world'sCroatia: 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'sChile: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: too little coverage to readCameroon: feelings about like the world'sMyanmar: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: feelings about like the world'sBurkina Faso: 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'sBahamas: feelings about like the world'sAzerbaijan: feelings about like the world'sAustria: feelings about like the world'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArgentina: feelings about like the world'sAntigua & 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'sWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: feelings about like the world'sSiachen Glacier: feelings about like the world'sCrimea: 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: 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: 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: too little coverage to readCook Islands: feelings about like the world'sAruba: too little coverage to readMonaco: 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: feelings about like the world'sSint Maarten: too little coverage to readChristmas Island: too little coverage to readGibraltar: feelings about like the world'sMayotte: feelings about like the world'sZimbabwe: coverage a little angrier than the world'sZambia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sYemen: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sVietnam: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGuam: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPuerto Rico: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sUK: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUganda: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sTürkiye: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sTunisia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: coverage a little warmer than the world'sTajikistan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sTaiwan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSyria: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sEswatini: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sSudan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSpain: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSouth Korea: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSomalia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSlovenia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSingapore: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sSenegal: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sRwanda: coverage a little warmer than the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sQatar: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPoland: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sPhilippines: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPakistan: coverage a little angrier than the world'sNorway: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNorth Korea: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNigeria: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sNicaragua: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNetherlands: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sMali: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sNorth Macedonia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLithuania: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sLibya: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLiberia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sLebanon: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sLatvia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sLaos: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKiribati: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKenya: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKazakhstan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sItaly: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIsrael: coverage a little angrier than the world'sPalestine: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sIreland: coverage a little warmer than the world'sIraq: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sGuyana: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGhana: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGermany: coverage a little angrier than the world'sGeorgia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sFinland: coverage a little warmer than the world'sEthiopia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sEgypt: coverage a little angrier than the world'sDominica: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sDenmark: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCzechia: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sCuba: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sCôte d’Ivoire: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sCosta Rica: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCongo: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sHong Kong: coverage a little warmer than the world'sChad: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sCentral African Republic: coverage a little angrier than the world'sCanada: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCambodia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBulgaria: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBrazil: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBosnia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBelgium: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sBangladesh: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sAustralia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sArmenia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAngola: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sNauru: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as 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

● Singapore about three times as fearful as the world's · 184 stories about harm ● Palestine about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 251 stories about harm ● Puerto Rico about twice as fearful as the world's · 98 stories about harm ● Belgium about twice as angry as the world's · 285 stories about harm ● Czechia about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 147 stories about harm ● South Sudan about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 168 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice27% 15,003 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence21% 11,865 stories · about as usual Health19% 10,972 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents16% 8,862 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given7% 3,909 stories · about as usual Displacement4% 2,240 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 1,851 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 1,568 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 killed19,382 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected8,401 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests7,182 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured5,122 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees1,674 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Italy and Syria Stories reporting abductions910 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced765 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations705 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill263 at about twice the usual rate · most about the US and India

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
● 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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