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42,864 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 illness in Camayenne, the hunger in Libya and protests in Algiers (Algeria). Algeria's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Worldwide, the words used were softer than usual.

Reports of people falling ill ran at about three times the usual rate, most often about the US and China →
Part of lifeRights & justice 31 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostGuinea 86 in 100 of its 230 stories, usually 45
RegionSoutheast Asia 34 in 100 of its stories, usually 25
Tone of the words Softer than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

how these are picked →
Health

Guinea

198 of its 230 stories (86%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%. Camayenne accounted for 185 of Guinea's 198 stories about harm, carried by 135 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about 9 times the usual rate (37 stories). Malaria was named in 187 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with drought.

Guinea over 30 days → its stories → Camayenne stories →
Displacement

Libya

99 of its 134 stories (74%) were about people being harmed, usually 52%. Tripoli accounted for 64 of Libya's 99 stories about harm, carried by 48 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about 5 times the usual rate (49 stories). Hunger was named in 11 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual.

Libya over 30 days → its stories → Tripoli stories →
Protests & strikes

Algeria

17 of its 36 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. 8 of Algiers' 16 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (15 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Algeria over 30 days → its stories → Algiers stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Protests & strikes

Yemen

150 of its 179 stories (84%) were about people being harmed, usually 74%. Sanaa accounted for 100 of Yemen's 150 stories about harm, carried by 137 outlets. 54 of Sanaa's 100 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Nepal

437 of its 592 stories (74%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. Reports of refugees ran at more than ten times the usual rate (10 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Rights & justice

Indonesia

418 of its 801 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Jakarta accounted for 332 of Indonesia's 418 stories about harm, carried by 261 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (293 stories).

its stories →
Displacement

Jordan

138 of its 351 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of refugees ran at about 5 times the usual rate (109 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Saudi Arabia

1,452 of its 3,093 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. House fires 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.

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Protests & strikes

Palestine

325 of its 537 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 47%. 78 of Palestinian Red Crescent's 134 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (6 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: wildfires in Congo (78 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); heatstroke in Armenia (47 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); accidents in Albania (12 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); drought in South Africa (50 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); dengue in Bangladesh (12 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 22 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 42,864 stories about harm among 213,517 counted on 22 May.

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People falling ill were reported at about three times the usual rate, most often about the US and China. Stories about people being harmed made up 20 in every 100 of the day's 213,517 stories, as usual. It was the second day running that the news turned to Guinea. In Guinea's news, mentions of the malaria ran about 4 times their usual. Guinea stood out: 86% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 45%.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Congo93 in 100 of its 165 stories · usually 80 · mostly displacement El Salvador89 in 100 of its 65 stories · usually 38 · mostly conflict & violence Guinea86 in 100 of its 230 stories · usually 45 · mostly health Yemen84 in 100 of its 179 stories · usually 74 · mostly health Libya74 in 100 of its 134 stories · usually 52 · mostly displacement

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Jerusalem Israel444 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1099 Ankara Türkiye307 stories about protests or strikes, of its 377 Washington US301 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1417 Caracas Venezuela237 stories about protests or strikes, of its 246 Riyadh Saudi Arabia163 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1048

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Vanuatu: 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 readUnited Arab Emirates: feelings about like the world'sUganda: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: feelings about like the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: feelings about like the world'sTonga: feelings about like the world'sTogo: feelings about like the world'sTimor-Leste: feelings about like the world'sThailand: feelings about like the world'sTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: feelings about like the world'sSpain: feelings about like the world'sSouth Korea: 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'sSeychelles: too little coverage to readSerbia: too little coverage to readSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: feelings about like the world'sSt Vincent: too little coverage to readSt. Lucia: feelings about like the world'sRussia: feelings about like the world'sRomania: feelings about like the world'sPoland: feelings about like the world'sPeru: 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 readNigeria: feelings about like the world'sNicaragua: feelings about like the world'sNew Zealand: feelings about like the world'sNiue: too little coverage to readNetherlands: feelings about like the world'sCuraçao: too little coverage to readMozambique: feelings about like the world'sMorocco: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: feelings about like the world'sMongolia: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: too little coverage to readMalta: 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: too little coverage to readLithuania: feelings about like the world'sLibya: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: feelings about like the world'sLaos: feelings about like the world'sKyrgyzstan: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: too little coverage to readKenya: feelings about like the world'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sPalestine: feelings about like the world'sIreland: 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: too little coverage to readGuinea: 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: 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'sEthiopia: feelings about like the world'sEstonia: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial Guinea: feelings about like the world'sEcuador: feelings about like the world'sDominican Republic: feelings about like the world'sDominica: feelings about like the world'sDjibouti: too little coverage to readGreenland: feelings about like the world'sFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readCzech Republic: feelings about like the world'sN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCroatia: feelings about like the world'sCôte d'Ivoire: feelings about like the world'sCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sDR Congo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readColombia: feelings about like the world'sChina: feelings about like the world'sHong Kong: feelings about like the world'sChile: feelings about like the world'sChad: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: too little coverage to readCanada: feelings about like the world'sCameroon: feelings about like the world'sMyanmar: 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'sBelize: too little coverage to readBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBahamas: feelings about like the world'sAzerbaijan: 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: too little coverage to readAngola: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: too little coverage to readAksai Chin: feelings about like the world'sGaza: feelings about like the world'sWest Bank: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Free Zone): feelings about like the world'sEast Jerusalem: feelings about like the world'sVatican City: feelings about like the world'sMarshall 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: too little coverage to readAnguilla: feelings about like the world'sBermuda: feelings about like the world'sBritish Virgin Islands: feelings about like the world'sTurks & Caicos Islands: feelings about like the world'sMontserrat: too little coverage to readGuernsey: feelings about like the world'sSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: feelings about like the world'sCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: 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: 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 readZimbabwe: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sZambia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sYemen: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sVietnam: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sVenezuela: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sUK: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUkraine: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sTürkiye: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sTunisia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as 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'sSudan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSri Lanka: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSomalia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSierra Leone: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSenegal: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sRwanda: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sQatar: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sPortugal: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPhilippines: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sOman: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sNorway: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNorth Korea: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sNiger: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sNepal: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sNamibia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMontenegro: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMexico: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMali: coverage a little warmer than the world'sLiberia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sLebanon: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKuwait: coverage a little warmer than the world'sKazakhstan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sJordan: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sJamaica: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sItaly: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIsrael: coverage a little warmer than the world'sIraq: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sIran: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sIndia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sHaiti: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sGreece: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sGermany: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sFrance: coverage a little warmer than the world'sEl Salvador: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sEgypt: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sDenmark: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sCyprus: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCuba: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCongo: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCentral African Republic: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sCambodia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBurundi: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBrazil: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBenin: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBelgium: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBelarus: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBangladesh: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBahrain: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sArmenia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sArgentina: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAlgeria: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sAlbania: coverage a little warmer than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about three times as angry as 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'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sJersey: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMonaco: coverage a little more fearful 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

● Afghanistan about three times as angry as the world's · 233 stories about harm ● Iran about twice as fearful as the world's · 680 stories about harm ● Nepal about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 437 stories about harm ● Saudi Arabia about twice as fearful as the world's · 1,452 stories about harm ● Venezuela about twice as angry as the world's · 319 stories about harm ● Qatar few stories about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 25 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice31% 12,786 stories · about as usual Health21% 8,893 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence21% 8,794 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents13% 5,462 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given7% 2,786 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 1,387 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 1,175 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood1% 613 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 killed11,200 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests5,819 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected4,897 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured3,804 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees849 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced535 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Israel and Congo Stories reporting abductions437 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Australia Stories reporting evacuations302 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Canada Stories reporting people falling ill157 at about three times the usual rate · most about the US and China

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.

● Angerabout as usual
● Warmthabout as usual
● Griefa little less than 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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