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23,269 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 train derailment in Greece, illness in Sanaa and protests in Bouake (Côte d’Ivoire). Yemen's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Across the world, the tone of the words was about as usual.

Help and hope: reports of people freed or reunited ran at about twice the usual rate →
Part of lifeRights & justice 25 in 100 of the stories about harm · much less than usual Country that rose mostGreece 67 in 100 of its 636 stories, usually 22
RegionSouth Asia 33 in 100 of its stories, usually 29
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 →
Disasters & accidents

Greece

425 of its 636 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Athens accounted for 323 of Greece's 425 stories about harm, carried by 377 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (29 stories). Train derailment was named in 341 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with wildfires. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Greece over 30 days → its stories → Athens stories →
Health

Yemen

148 of its 173 stories (86%) were about people being harmed, usually 73%. Sanaa accounted for 127 of Yemen's 148 stories about harm, carried by 101 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (83 stories). Cholera was named in 112 of its stories about harm, about 10 times usual, with flooding. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Yemen over 30 days → its stories → Sanaa stories →
Protests & strikes

Côte d’Ivoire

Bouake accounted for 122 of Côte d’Ivoire's 140 stories about harm, carried by 112 outlets. 113 of Bouake's 122 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (67 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Côte d’Ivoire over 30 days → its stories → Bouake stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Disasters & accidents

Iran

259 of its 582 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (160 stories). Earthquake was named in 160 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with power cuts. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Iraq

281 of its 383 stories (73%) were about people being harmed, usually 63%. Reports of abductions ran at about 4 times the usual rate (34 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Canada

512 of its 2,084 stories (25%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (13 stories). Hurricane was named in 20 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with tornadoes, snowstorms and storms.

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Protests & strikes

Qatar

42 of its 178 stories (24%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. 20 of Doha's 39 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of refugees ran at more than ten times the usual rate (7 stories).

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Rights & justice

India

1,356 of its 5,209 stories (26%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (41 stories). Hunger was named in 21 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.

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Protests & strikes

Papua New Guinea

11 of its 29 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. 3 of Manus Island's 6 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of refugees ran at about twice the usual rate (6 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: earthquake in Iran (160 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); ebola in DR Congo (15 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); heavy rain in France (83 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); ebola in Nigeria (51 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); wildfires in UK (113 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 14 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 23,269 stories about harm among 115,007 counted on 14 May.

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Greece stood out: 67% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 22%. 20 in every 100 of the day's 115,007 news stories were about people being harmed, below the usual 21. On the side of help, reports of people freed or reunited ran at about twice the usual rate. A year earlier, on 14 May 2016, 22 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 20 today. This week the news turned most often to Iran, on 3 of 7 days; help rose on 3 of them.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Congo93 in 100 of its 174 stories · usually 75 · mostly health Yemen86 in 100 of its 173 stories · usually 73 · mostly health Central African Republic84 in 100 of its 70 stories · usually 77 · mostly conflict & violence Syria75 in 100 of its 530 stories · usually 73 · mostly conflict & violence Lebanon74 in 100 of its 258 stories · usually 30 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US194 stories about protests or strikes, of its 775 Qaboun Syria141 stories about protests or strikes, of its 283 Bouake Côte d’Ivoire113 stories about protests or strikes, of its 122 Paris France83 stories about protests or strikes, of its 513 Delhi India74 stories about protests or strikes, of its 328

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zimbabwe: feelings about like the world'sZambia: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: too little coverage to readUruguay: feelings about like the world'sMicronesia: feelings about like the world'sU.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: feelings about like the world'sCayman Islands: feelings about like the world'sIsle of Man: too little coverage to readUnited Arab Emirates: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTunisia: feelings about like the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: feelings about like the world'sTonga: too little coverage to readTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: feelings about like the world'sThailand: feelings about like the world'sTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sSwitzerland: 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'sSouth Africa: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: too little coverage to readSlovakia: too little coverage to readSlovenia: feelings about like the world'sSingapore: feelings about like the world'sSierra Leone: feelings about like the world'sSeychelles: feelings about like the world'sSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: feelings about like the world'sSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: feelings about like the world'sSt Vincent: too little coverage to readSt. Lucia: feelings about like the world'sRwanda: feelings about like the world'sQatar: feelings about like the world'sParaguay: too little coverage to readPapua 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'sNicaragua: too little coverage to readNiue: too little coverage to readCuraçao: too little coverage to readNepal: feelings about like the world'sMozambique: feelings about like the world'sMorocco: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: too little coverage to readMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: too little coverage to readMauritania: feelings about like the world'sMalta: feelings about like the world'sMali: 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'sLithuania: too little coverage to readLesotho: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: feelings about like the world'sKyrgyzstan: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sIndonesia: feelings about like the world'sIceland: 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: feelings about like the world'sGuinea: feelings about like the world'sGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGhana: 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 readFinland: feelings about like the world'sFiji: feelings about like the world'sEthiopia: 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: too little coverage to readDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: too little coverage to readGreenland: feelings about like the world'sFaroe 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'sCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sComoros: feelings about like the world'sColombia: feelings about like the world'sHong Kong: feelings about like the world'sChad: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: too little coverage to readCameroon: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sMyanmar: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: too little coverage to readBurkina Faso: feelings about like the world'sBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: feelings about like the world'sBrazil: 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'sBelize: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: too little coverage to readBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBangladesh: feelings about like the world'sBahrain: feelings about like the world'sBahamas: feelings about like the world'sAzerbaijan: feelings about like the world'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArmenia: feelings about like the world'sArgentina: feelings about like the world'sAntigua & Barbuda: too little coverage to readAngola: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: too little coverage to readAlbania: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readVatican City: too little coverage to readMarshall Islands: too little coverage to readNorthern 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: too little coverage to readTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: too little coverage to readJersey: 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: too little coverage to readAruba: feelings about like the world'sNauru: feelings about like the world'sMonaco: too little coverage to readMaldives: feelings about like the world'sLiechtenstein: feelings about like the world'sWallis & 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 readYemen: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sVietnam: coverage a little warmer than the world'sVenezuela: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sUzbekistan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sUK: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sUganda: coverage a little angrier than the world'sTürkiye: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sTaiwan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSyria: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSweden: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSpain: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSouth Korea: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSomalia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sRomania: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPortugal: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPoland: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPhilippines: coverage a little angrier than the world'sPeru: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sNorth Korea: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sNigeria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNiger: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sNew Zealand: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNetherlands: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sNamibia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMexico: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sNorth Macedonia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLibya: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sLiberia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sLebanon: coverage a little warmer than the world'sLaos: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sKuwait: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sKiribati: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKenya: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sJordan: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sJapan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sJamaica: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sItaly: coverage a little warmer than the world'sIsrael: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage a little warmer than the world'sIreland: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIraq: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIran: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sIndia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sHaiti: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGreece: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sGermany: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sFrance: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEgypt: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sCôte d’Ivoire: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sDR Congo: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCongo: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sChina: coverage a little warmer than the world'sChile: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCentral African Republic: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sCanada: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sBenin: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBelgium: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAustria: coverage about twice as warm as the world'sAustralia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAlgeria: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sChina: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPalestine: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPalestine: coverage a little warmer than the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage a little warmer than the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times 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

● Austria about twice as warm as the world's · 65 stories about harm ● Jordan about twice as fearful as the world's · 68 stories about harm ● Congo about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 162 stories about harm ● North Korea about twice as fearful as the world's · 200 stories about harm ● Türkiye about twice as fearful as the world's · 126 stories about harm ● Afghanistan about twice as angry as the world's · 188 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice25% 5,665 stories · much less than usual (usually 31%) Health24% 5,448 stories · much more than usual (usually 19%) Conflict & violence22% 4,909 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents14% 3,061 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given8% 1,709 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 664 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 635 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 468 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 killed7,642 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected3,178 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests2,952 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured2,563 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions672 at about twice the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting refugees447 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations394 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Syria and Pakistan Stories reporting people displaced133 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Yemen and Iraq Stories reporting people falling ill12 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and the Czechia

Stories that report it, not people: we count what reporters wrote, not what happened.

How it felt 30 days →

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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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