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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

how these are picked →
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.

its stories →
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).

its stories →
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.

its stories →
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

usually 20; 22 the day before
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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.

Where the news was warmest

feelings in full →
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 lessVietnam: about as warm as its own usual or lessVenezuela: about as warm as its own usual or lessVanuatu: about as warm as its own usual or lessUzbekistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessUruguay: about as warm as its own usual or lessMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.S. Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readGuam: about as warm as its own usual or lessPuerto Rico: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessIsle 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 lessUkraine: too little coverage to readUganda: about as warm as its own usual or lessTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTurkey: about as warm as its own usual or lessTunisia: about as warm as its own usual or lessTonga: about as warm as its own usual or lessTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: about as warm as its own usual or lessTanzania: too little coverage to readTajikistan: 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 lessSwitzerland: too little coverage to readSweden: too little coverage to readEswatini: about as warm as its own usual or lessSuriname: 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 lessSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessSlovakia: too little coverage to readSlovenia: 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: too little coverage to readSamoa: too little coverage to readSt 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 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 lessNorway: 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 lessNiger: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMorocco: about as warm as its own usual or lessWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: about as warm as its own usual or lessMongolia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMoldova: about as warm as its own usual or lessMexico: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritius: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritania: 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 lessMalawi: about as warm as its own usual or lessMadagascar: too little coverage to readNorth Macedonia: about as warm as its own usual or lessLuxembourg: too little coverage to readLithuania: about as warm as its own usual or lessLibya: about as warm as its own usual or lessLiberia: 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 lessKenya: 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: too little coverage to readItaly: 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 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: too little coverage to readHungary: too little coverage to readHonduras: about as warm as its own usual or lessHaiti: too little coverage to readGuyana: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuatemala: about as warm as its own usual or lessGrenada: about as warm as its own usual or lessGreece: about as warm as its own usual or lessGhana: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessFrance: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt Pierre & Miquelon: too little coverage to readFrench Polynesia: too little coverage to readNew 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 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 lessDominican Republic: about as warm as its own usual or lessDominica: about as warm as its own usual or lessDjibouti: too little coverage to readGreenland: 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 readCyprus: too little coverage to readCuba: about as warm as its own usual or lessCroatia: about as warm as its own usual or lessCôte d'Ivoire: about as warm as its own usual or lessDR Congo: too little coverage to readCongo: 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 lessChad: about as warm as its own usual or lessCentral African Republic: about as warm as its own usual or lessCape Verde: too little coverage to readCanada: about as warm as its own usual or lessCameroon: about as warm as its own usual or lessMyanmar: about as warm as its own usual or lessBurundi: about as warm as its own usual or lessBurkina Faso: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBhutan: about as warm as its own usual or lessBenin: too little coverage to readBelize: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelarus: about as warm as its own usual or lessBarbados: 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 lessAustria: too little coverage to readAustralia: about as warm as its own usual or lessHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArmenia: about as warm as its own usual or lessAntigua & Barbuda: too little coverage to readAngola: about as warm as its own usual or lessAndorra: too little coverage to readAlbania: about as warm as its own usual or lessAfghanistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessJammu & Kashmir: 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): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSiachen Glacier: about as warm as its own usual or lessCrimea: too little coverage to readEast Jerusalem: about as warm as its own usual or lessAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessVatican City: about as warm as its own usual or lessMarshall Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorthern 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: too little coverage to readTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: about as warm as its own usual or lessJersey: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMonaco: about as warm as its own usual or lessMaldives: about as warm as its own usual or lessLiechtenstein: too little coverage to readWallis & Futuna: too little coverage to readSt. Martin: too little coverage to readSt. Barthélemy: too little coverage to readMacao: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorfolk Island: about as warm as its own usual or lessSint Maarten: too little coverage to readChristmas Island: too little coverage to readGibraltar: about as warm as its own usual or lessMayotte: about as warm as its own usual or lessTrinidad & Tobago: warmth about one and a half times its own usualThailand: warmth about its own usualSouth Sudan: warmth about one and a half times its own usualSomalia: warmth about its own usualPeru: warmth about its own usualIreland: warmth about its own usualIraq: warmth about its own usualFiji: warmth about its own usualEthiopia: warmth about its own usualEcuador: warmth about its own usualCosta Rica: warmth about its own usualChile: warmth about its own usualCambodia: warmth about its own usualBulgaria: warmth about its own usualBelgium: warmth about its own usualArgentina: warmth about its own usualAlgeria: warmth about its own usualNangarhar, Afghanistan -- conflict & violence: 11 stories, carried by 10 outletsMerseyside, UK -- rights & justice: 51 stories, carried by 103 outletsPlattsmouth, US -- health: 13 stories, carried by 12 outletsEast Grand Forks, US -- shelter & services: 32 stories, carried by 37 outletsSwindon, UK -- health: 27 stories, carried by 23 outletsBaghlan, Afghanistan -- conflict & violence: 20 stories, carried by 18 outletsPiracicaba, Brazil -- health: 12 stories, carried by 11 outletsKeiraville, Australia -- health: 30 stories, carried by 13 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

● South Sudan warmth about one and a half times usual ● Trinidad & Tobago warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Nangarhar Afghanistan about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 11 stories ● Merseyside UK about twice as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 51 stories ● Plattsmouth US about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 13 stories ● East Grand Forks US about twice as warm as the day's news · shelter & services · 32 stories ● Swindon UK about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 27 stories

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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