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43,634 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 killed in Liberia, protests in Tirana (Albania) and abductions in Iran. Liberia's coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Worldwide, the words used were softer than usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 34 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostCôte d’Ivoire 91 in 100 of its 67 stories, usually 30
RegionEast Asia 25 in 100 of its stories, usually 15
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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Health

Liberia

194 of its 244 stories (80%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (175 stories). Meningitis was named in 169 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Liberia over 30 days → its stories →
Protests & strikes

Albania

64 of its 106 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Tirana accounted for 59 of Albania's 64 stories about harm, carried by 60 outlets. 58 of Tirana's 59 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

Albania over 30 days → its stories → Tirana stories →
Conflict & violence

Iran

346 of its 783 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (56 stories). Accidents were named in 11 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Iran over 30 days → its stories →
Displacement

Sudan

166 of its 209 stories (79%) were about people being harmed, usually 58%. Reports of people displaced ran at about 6 times the usual rate (111 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

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

Somalia

340 of its 397 stories (86%) were about people being harmed, usually 76%. Mogadishu accounted for 255 of Somalia's 340 stories about harm, carried by 216 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (226 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Côte d’Ivoire

61 of its 67 stories (91%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Bouake accounted for 60 of Côte d’Ivoire's 61 stories about harm, carried by 40 outlets. 51 of Bouake's 60 stories were about protests or strikes.

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Conflict & violence

Libya

244 of its 312 stories (78%) were about people being harmed, usually 54%. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (19 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Deaths & injuries, cause not given

Nepal

167 of its 312 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Hypothermia was named in 26 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

China

1,001 of its 4,493 stories (22%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. 199 of Xie Yang's 310 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of refugees ran at about 10 times the usual rate (107 stories).

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Conflict & violence

Syria

964 of its 1,259 stories (77%) were about people being harmed, usually 69%. Damascus accounted for 582 of Syria's 964 stories about harm, carried by 340 outlets. Warmth in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Also named far more than usual: cholera in Yemen (44 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); storms in New Caledonia (10 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); drownings in Italy (34 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); hypothermia in Nepal (26 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); plague in Mexico (24 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 8 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 43,634 stories about harm among 213,359 counted on 8 May.

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Liberia's news mentioned meningitis more than ten times as often as usual. 20 in every 100 of the day's 213,359 news stories were about people being harmed, below the usual 22. In Liberia, 80% of the news was about people being harmed, where 45% is usual. A year earlier, on 8 May 2016, 22 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 20 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Côte d’Ivoire91 in 100 of its 67 stories · usually 30 · mostly conflict & violence Somalia86 in 100 of its 397 stories · usually 76 · mostly conflict & violence South Sudan85 in 100 of its 259 stories · usually 76 · mostly conflict & violence Afghanistan84 in 100 of its 1,064 stories · usually 77 · mostly conflict & violence Liberia80 in 100 of its 244 stories · usually 45 · mostly health

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Paris France1071 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1771 Xie Yang China199 stories about protests or strikes, of its 310 Seoul South Korea196 stories about protests or strikes, of its 475 Travis County US183 stories about protests or strikes, of its 378 Beijing China182 stories about protests or strikes, of its 307

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 lessYemen: about as warm as its own usual or lessVietnam: too little coverage to readVanuatu: about as warm as its own usual or lessUzbekistan: too little coverage to readUruguay: 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: 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 lessUkraine: 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 lessTurkey: about as warm as its own usual or lessTunisia: about as warm as its own usual or lessTrinidad & Tobago: about as warm as its own usual or lessTonga: too little coverage to readTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readTanzania: about as warm as its own usual or lessTajikistan: too little coverage to readEswatini: 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 lessSpain: 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: too little coverage to readSerbia: too little coverage to readSaudi Arabia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt Vincent: too little coverage to readSt. Lucia: about as warm as its own usual or lessRwanda: about as warm as its own usual or lessRomania: about as warm as its own usual or lessPortugal: about as warm as its own usual or lessPhilippines: about as warm as its own usual or lessParaguay: too little coverage to readPapua New Guinea: about as warm as its own usual or lessPanama: too little coverage to readPalau: too little coverage to readPakistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessOman: too little coverage to readNorth Korea: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessNetherlands: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMoldova: 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 lessMalawi: about as warm as its own usual or lessMadagascar: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorth Macedonia: about as warm as its own usual or lessLuxembourg: about as warm as its own usual or lessLithuania: 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 lessLatvia: about as warm as its own usual or lessLaos: too little coverage to readKyrgyzstan: about as warm as its own usual or lessKuwait: about as warm as its own usual or lessKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: too little coverage to readKenya: 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuyana: 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: too little coverage to readGhana: about as warm as its own usual or lessGermany: about as warm as its own usual or lessGeorgia: too little coverage to readGambia: about as warm as its own usual or lessGabon: too little coverage to readSt 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: too little coverage to readDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: about as warm as its own usual or lessGreenland: too little coverage to readFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readDenmark: 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: 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 lessCosta Rica: 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 readChina: 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 lessBurundi: 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 lessBotswana: too little coverage to readBosnia 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 lessBelize: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelgium: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelarus: about as warm as its own usual or lessBarbados: too little coverage to readBangladesh: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessAustralia: about as warm as its own usual or lessHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArmenia: about as warm as its own usual or lessArgentina: about as warm as its own usual or lessAntigua & Barbuda: about as warm as its own usual or lessAngola: too little coverage to readAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: 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): about as warm as its own usual or lessWestern Sahara (Free Zone): about as warm as its own usual or lessAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSiachen Glacier: about as warm as its own usual or lessCrimea: about as warm as its own usual or lessEast 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBermuda: about as warm as its own usual or lessBritish Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readTurks & Caicos Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessMontserrat: too little coverage to readJersey: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuernsey: about as warm as its own usual or lessSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: too little coverage to readCook Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: too little coverage to readMaldives: 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: 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 readZambia: warmth about its own usualVenezuela: warmth about its own usualThailand: warmth about one and a half times its own usualTaiwan: warmth about its own usualSyria: warmth about one and a half times its own usualSwitzerland: warmth about its own usualSweden: warmth about one and a half times its own usualSri Lanka: warmth about one and a half times its own usualSouth Korea: warmth about its own usualSenegal: warmth about its own usualRussia: warmth about its own usualQatar: warmth about its own usualPoland: warmth about its own usualPeru: warmth about its own usualNorway: warmth about one and a half times its own usualNigeria: warmth about its own usualMexico: warmth about its own usualLebanon: warmth about one and a half times its own usualIraq: warmth about its own usualIran: warmth about its own usualGreece: warmth about one and a half times its own usualFrance: warmth about its own usualFiji: warmth about its own usualCuba: warmth about its own usualColombia: warmth about its own usualBrazil: warmth about its own usualBenin: warmth about its own usualAlbania: warmth about its own usualBoise, US -- deaths & injuries, cause not given: 74 stories, carried by 64 outletsNowra, Australia -- displacement: 14 stories, carried by 12 outletsGrand Rapids, US -- health: 13 stories, carried by 11 outletsStockholm, Sweden -- rights & justice: 13 stories, carried by 13 outletsSchleswig, Germany -- conflict & violence: 17 stories, carried by 17 outletsBhavnagar, India -- conflict & violence: 12 stories, carried by 12 outletsMaroochydore, Australia -- conflict & violence: 42 stories, carried by 31 outletsKaduna, Nigeria -- rights & justice: 28 stories, carried by 21 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

● Sweden warmth about one and a half times usual ● Sri Lanka warmth about one and a half times usual ● Thailand warmth about one and a half times usual ● Norway warmth about one and a half times usual ● Syria warmth about one and a half times usual ● Lebanon warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Boise US about three times as warm as the day's news · deaths & injuries, cause not given · 74 stories ● Nowra Australia about twice as warm as the day's news · displacement · 14 stories ● Grand Rapids US about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 13 stories ● Stockholm Sweden about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 13 stories ● Schleswig Germany about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 17 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice34% 14,328 stories · more than usual (usually 30%) Conflict & violence22% 9,339 stories · less than usual (usually 24%) Health19% 7,919 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents12% 5,052 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given7% 2,900 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 1,221 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 1,195 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 745 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 killed12,642 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests6,698 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected5,063 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured2,953 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Afghanistan Stories reporting refugees947 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions933 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Nigeria and the US Stories reporting evacuations792 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Canada and the US Stories reporting people displaced627 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about South Sudan and Sudan Stories reporting people falling ill29 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Australia

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.

● Angera little less than 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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