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42,116 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 news turned to people affected in Japan, protests in Bouake (Côte d’Ivoire) and violence in Bangui. the Central African Republic's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Worldwide, the words used were about as usual.

Help and hope: reports of people freed or reunited ran at about one and a half times the usual rate →
Part of lifeRights & justice 30 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostPapua New Guinea 73 in 100 of its 259 stories, usually 23
RegionCentral Asia 28 in 100 of its stories, usually 20
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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Health

Japan

1,139 of its 3,047 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. Reports of people affected ran at more than ten times the usual rate (926 stories). West Nile virus was named in 68 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Japan over 30 days → its stories →
Protests & strikes

Côte d’Ivoire

265 of its 426 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Bouake accounted for 206 of Côte d’Ivoire's 265 stories about harm, carried by 232 outlets. 160 of Bouake's 206 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

Côte d’Ivoire over 30 days → its stories → Bouake stories →
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Health

Yemen

387 of its 417 stories (93%) were about people being harmed, usually 73%. Sanaa accounted for 322 of Yemen's 387 stories about harm, carried by 288 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (202 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Mexico

331 of its 918 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (240 stories). HIV was named in 35 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with malaria. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Displacement

Hong Kong

147 of its 448 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of refugees ran at more than ten times the usual rate (122 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Rights & justice

Mali

74 of its 100 stories (74%) were about people being harmed, usually 55%. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (16 stories). Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Iraq

446 of its 584 stories (76%) were about people being harmed, usually 64%. Reports of evacuations ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Lebanon

126 of its 275 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Ein el-Hilweh accounted for 106 of Lebanon's 126 stories about harm, carried by 91 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (91 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: food poisoning in Albania (14 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); heatwave in Antarctica (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); measles in Somalia (16 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); hiv in Mexico (35 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); typhoon in Philippines (46 of its stories, about 5 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 15 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 42,116 stories about harm among 209,556 counted on 15 May.

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Mentions of food poisoning ran more than ten times their usual in Albania's news. of the day's 209,556 news stories, 20 in every 100 were about people being harmed, below the usual 21. Japan stood out: 37% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 13%. Help and hope: reports of people freed or reunited ran at about one and a half times the usual rate. A year earlier, on 15 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 →

Yemen93 in 100 of its 417 stories · usually 73 · mostly health Central African Republic91 in 100 of its 250 stories · usually 78 · mostly conflict & violence Congo90 in 100 of its 244 stories · usually 75 · mostly health Iraq76 in 100 of its 584 stories · usually 64 · mostly conflict & violence Mali74 in 100 of its 100 stories · usually 55 · mostly rights & justice

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US409 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1673 Raqqa Syria358 stories about protests or strikes, of its 414 Charlottesville US270 stories about protests or strikes, of its 280 Bouake Côte d’Ivoire160 stories about protests or strikes, of its 206 Richmond US153 stories about protests or strikes, of its 459

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: feelings about like the world'sUzbekistan: feelings about like the world'sUruguay: 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: too little coverage to readIsle of Man: too little coverage to readUkraine: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTunisia: feelings about like the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: 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'sTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sSweden: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: 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: feelings about like the world'sSlovenia: 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'sPortugal: feelings about like the world'sPeru: feelings about like the world'sPanama: feelings about like the world'sPalau: too little coverage to readOman: feelings about like the world'sNorth Korea: feelings about like the world'sNicaragua: feelings about like the world'sNiue: too little coverage to readCuraçao: too little coverage to readNepal: feelings about like the world'sMozambique: 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'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'sNorth Macedonia: feelings about like the world'sLuxembourg: feelings about like the world'sLithuania: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: feelings about like the world'sLebanon: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: 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: feelings about like the world'sKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJamaica: feelings about like the world'sItaly: feelings about like the world'sIsrael: feelings about like the world'sIreland: feelings about like the world'sHonduras: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: feelings about like the world'sGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGreece: 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: feelings about like the world'sNew Caledonia: too little coverage to readFrench Southern Territories: too little coverage to readÅland Islands: too little coverage to readFinland: feelings about like the world'sFiji: 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'sEgypt: feelings about like the world'sDominican Republic: feelings about like the world'sDominica: feelings about like the world'sDjibouti: feelings about like the world'sGreenland: feelings about like the world'sFaroe Islands: feelings about like the world'sDenmark: 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'sComoros: too little coverage to readColombia: 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: feelings about like the world'sBurkina 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: too little coverage to readBhutan: 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'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): feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Free Zone): feelings about like the world'sCrimea: feelings about like the world'sVatican City: too little coverage to readMarshall 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: feelings about like the world'sAnguilla: feelings about like the world'sBermuda: 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: feelings about like the world'sSt Kitts & Nevis: feelings about like the world'sCook Islands: feelings about like the world'sAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: feelings about like the world'sMonaco: 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: 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 three times as grief-stricken as the world'sVietnam: coverage a little warmer than the world'sVenezuela: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sUK: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUganda: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sTürkiye: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sTaiwan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSyria: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sSwitzerland: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSudan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSri Lanka: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSouth Korea: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSomalia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sRwanda: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sQatar: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPoland: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPhilippines: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sParaguay: coverage a little angrier than the world'sPapua New Guinea: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sNorway: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sNigeria: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken 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 a little warmer than the world'sNamibia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMorocco: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMexico: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sMali: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sLibya: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLiberia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKenya: coverage a little warmer than the world'sJordan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sJapan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPalestine: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sIraq: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sIran: coverage a little warmer than the world'sIndonesia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sIndia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sIceland: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sHungary: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sHaiti: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sGuyana: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGuinea: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGhana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGermany: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sFrance: coverage a little warmer than the world'sEthiopia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sEcuador: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCôte d’Ivoire: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sCosta Rica: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sDR Congo: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sCongo: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sChina: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sHong Kong: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sChile: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCentral African Republic: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sCanada: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sBelgium: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBangladesh: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAustria: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sAustralia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAlgeria: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sChina: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPalestine: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPalestine: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMaldives: coverage a little more grief-stricken than 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

● Mali about three times as fearful as the world's · 74 stories about harm ● Yemen about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 387 stories about harm ● Central African Republic about twice as angry as the world's · 227 stories about harm ● Türkiye about twice as fearful as the world's · 421 stories about harm ● Syria about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 1,146 stories about harm ● Venezuela about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 201 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice30% 11,959 stories · about as usual Health24% 9,516 stories · more than usual (usually 19%) Conflict & violence18% 7,377 stories · less than usual (usually 22%) Disasters & accidents12% 4,999 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given7% 2,800 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 1,366 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 1,223 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 847 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 killed12,381 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected7,586 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Japan Stories reporting arrests5,351 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured2,964 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Syria Stories reporting refugees1,382 at about twice the usual rate · most about the US and Hong Kong Stories reporting abductions601 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced557 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the Central African Republic and Yemen Stories reporting evacuations427 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill29 at about half 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 →

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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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