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30,201 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 deaths in Arusha, violence in Pyongyang and protests in Seoul (South Korea). Tanzania's coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Everywhere we counted, the words were about as usual.

Reports of abductions ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about Nigeria and Egypt →
Part of lifeRights & justice 34 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostTanzania 78 in 100 of its 382 stories, usually 23
RegionSub-Saharan Africa 43 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

how these are picked →
Deaths & injuries, cause not given

Tanzania

298 of its 382 stories (78%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Arusha accounted for 208 of Tanzania's 298 stories about harm, carried by 223 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (121 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Tanzania over 30 days → its stories → Arusha stories →
Conflict & violence

North Korea

175 of its 326 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Pyongyang accounted for 142 of North Korea's 175 stories about harm, carried by 126 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (44 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

North Korea over 30 days → its stories → Pyongyang stories →
Rights & justice

Argentina

58 of its 149 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of arrests ran at about 6 times the usual rate (36 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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

Somalia

401 of its 454 stories (88%) were about people being harmed, usually 76%. Mogadishu accounted for 256 of Somalia's 401 stories about harm, carried by 344 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (170 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Deaths & injuries, cause not given

Switzerland

149 of its 330 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (12 stories). Its coverage was about twice as warm as the world's.

its stories →
Health

Zimbabwe

151 of its 372 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of people affected ran at more than ten times the usual rate (107 stories). HIV was named in 102 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

its stories →
Rights & justice

Indonesia

119 of its 259 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (59 stories). Oil spill was named in 26 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Chad

30 of its 48 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (16 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Israel

513 of its 815 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 48%. Jerusalem accounted for 297 of Israel's 513 stories about harm, carried by 142 outlets. 151 of Jerusalem's 297 stories were about protests or strikes.

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: hiv in Zimbabwe (102 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); volcanic eruption in Guatemala (37 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); outbreaks in Haiti (28 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); flooding in Canada (202 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); tropical storm in Vanuatu (16 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

23 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 22; 21 the day before
27 in 10020 in 1007 Apr14 Apr21 Apr28 Apr6 May7 Apr: 24 in 1008 Apr: 25 in 1009 Apr: 27 in 10010 Apr: 22 in 10011 Apr: 22 in 10012 Apr: 20 in 10013 Apr: 21 in 10014 Apr: 23 in 10015 Apr: 25 in 10016 Apr: 25 in 10017 Apr: 23 in 10018 Apr: 20 in 10019 Apr: 21 in 10020 Apr: 21 in 10021 Apr: 22 in 10022 Apr: 23 in 10023 Apr: 22 in 10024 Apr: 22 in 10025 Apr: 21 in 10026 Apr: 20 in 10027 Apr: 20 in 10028 Apr: 20 in 10029 Apr: 20 in 10030 Apr: 21 in 1001 May: 22 in 1002 May: 21 in 1003 May: 21 in 1004 May: 21 in 1005 May: 21 in 1006 May: 23 in 100 · this day

Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 6 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 30,201 stories about harm among 131,983 counted on 6 May.

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Tanzania's news was 78% about people being harmed, against a usual 23%. of the day's 131,983 news stories, 23 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Zimbabwe's news mentioned HIV more than ten times as often as usual. Reports of abductions ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about Nigeria and Egypt. On 6 May 2016, a year earlier, the share was 18 in every 100, against 23 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Somalia88 in 100 of its 454 stories · usually 76 · mostly conflict & violence Afghanistan79 in 100 of its 593 stories · usually 77 · mostly conflict & violence Tanzania78 in 100 of its 382 stories · usually 23 · mostly deaths & injuries, cause not given Guatemala74 in 100 of its 65 stories · usually 51 · mostly disasters & accidents South Sudan72 in 100 of its 57 stories · usually 76 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Paris France841 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1023 Seoul South Korea261 stories about protests or strikes, of its 349 Damascus Syria249 stories about protests or strikes, of its 401 Caracas Venezuela156 stories about protests or strikes, of its 164 Jerusalem Israel151 stories about protests or strikes, of its 297

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

feelings in full →
Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zambia: 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: too little coverage to readGuam: 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: 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: feelings about like the world'sTunisia: feelings about like the world'sTonga: too little coverage to readTogo: 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'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: too little coverage to readSudan: feelings about like the world'sSri Lanka: 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: feelings about like the world'sSlovakia: too little coverage to readSlovenia: feelings about like the world'sSingapore: feelings about like the world'sSierra Leone: feelings about like the world'sSeychelles: too little coverage to readSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: feelings about like the world'sSão 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: too little coverage to readOman: feelings about like the world'sNorway: feelings about like the world'sNigeria: feelings about like the world'sNiger: feelings about like the world'sNicaragua: 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'sWestern Sahara: feelings about like the world'sMontenegro: 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'sMadagascar: feelings about like the world'sLuxembourg: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: too little coverage to readLatvia: 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: too little coverage to readKenya: feelings about like the world'sKazakhstan: too little coverage to readJamaica: feelings about like the world'sIsrael: feelings about like the world'sIndonesia: feelings about like the world'sHungary: feelings about like the world'sHonduras: 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'sGrenada: 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'sEstonia: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: too little coverage to readEquatorial 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: too little coverage to readFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readDenmark: feelings about like the world'sCzech 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: too little coverage to readCongo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readChina: feelings about like the world'sHong Kong: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: feelings about like the world'sCanada: feelings about like the world'sCameroon: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sMyanmar: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: 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'sBosnia and Herzegovina: feelings about like the world'sBolivia: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: feelings about like the world'sBenin: too little coverage to readBelgium: 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'sAustria: feelings about like the world'sAustralia: 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'sWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Free Zone): 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: too little coverage to readPitcairn: too little coverage to readAnguilla: too little coverage to readBermuda: feelings about like the world'sBritish Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readTurks & 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: too little coverage to readAruba: feelings about like the world'sNauru: 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: too little coverage to readNorfolk 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 readZimbabwe: coverage a little angrier than the world'sYemen: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sVietnam: coverage a little warmer than the world'sVenezuela: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUK: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUkraine: coverage a little warmer than the world'sTürkiye: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sTanzania: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sSyria: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSwitzerland: coverage about twice as warm as the world'sSweden: coverage about twice as warm as the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSouth Korea: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSomalia: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sRwanda: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPoland: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPhilippines: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sPeru: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNorth Korea: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sNew Zealand: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNepal: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMali: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sMalaysia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sMalawi: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNorth Macedonia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLithuania: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sLibya: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sLiberia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sLebanon: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sJordan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sJapan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sItaly: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPalestine: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sIreland: coverage a little warmer than the world'sIraq: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIndia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sIceland: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sHaiti: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGreece: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGhana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGermany: coverage a little angrier than the world'sFrance: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sFinland: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sEthiopia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sEgypt: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sDR Congo: coverage a little warmer than the world'sColombia: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sChile: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sChad: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sCentral African Republic: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBrazil: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBelize: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBangladesh: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sArmenia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sArgentina: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sPalestine: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPalestine: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPalestine: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful 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

● Sweden about twice as warm as the world's · 91 stories about harm ● Tanzania about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 298 stories about harm ● Somalia about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 401 stories about harm ● Switzerland about twice as warm as the world's · 149 stories about harm ● Kashmir about twice as fearful as the world's · 183 stories about harm ● Chad few stories about twice as angry as the world's · 30 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice34% 10,057 stories · more than usual (usually 30%) Conflict & violence21% 6,356 stories · less than usual (usually 25%) Health17% 5,112 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents12% 3,558 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given7% 2,209 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 970 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 828 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 630 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 killed9,054 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests3,920 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected3,170 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured2,399 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions815 at about twice the usual rate · most about Nigeria and Egypt Stories reporting refugees340 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Syria Stories reporting people displaced339 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Nigeria and the US Stories reporting evacuations239 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Canada and Guatemala Stories reporting people falling ill54 at about the usual rate

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
● Griefabout as usual
● Feara little less 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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