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54,266 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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Deaths in Mount Everest, violence in Jakarta and protests in Brasilia (Brazil) drew the news. Indonesia's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Over the whole world, the tone was about as usual.

Part of lifeConflict & violence 34 in 100 of the stories about harm · much more than usual Country that rose mostIndonesia 71 in 100 of its 882 stories, usually 36
RegionSoutheast Asia 45 in 100 of its stories, usually 27
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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Deaths & injuries, cause not given

Nepal

193 of its 335 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%. Mount Everest accounted for 136 of Nepal's 193 stories about harm, carried by 124 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about 4 times the usual rate (104 stories). Poisoning was named in 11 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. Fear in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

Nepal over 30 days → its stories → Mount Everest stories →
Conflict & violence

Indonesia

626 of its 882 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Jakarta accounted for 514 of Indonesia's 626 stories about harm, carried by 328 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (449 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Indonesia over 30 days → its stories → Jakarta stories →
Protests & strikes

Brazil

475 of its 1,005 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. 247 of Brasilia's 249 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (127 stories). Landslides were named in 10 of its stories about harm, about 9 times usual.

Brazil over 30 days → its stories → Brasilia stories →
Disasters & accidents

Belize

108 of its 196 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. the Caribbean Sea accounted for 100 of Belize's 108 stories about harm, carried by 106 outlets. Hurricane was named in 100 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with tropical storm and storms.

Belize over 30 days → its stories → Caribbean Sea stories →
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Conflict & violence

Philippines

1,642 of its 2,614 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (343 stories). Volcanic eruption was named in 27 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Conflict & violence

Greece

577 of its 1,088 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Athens accounted for 519 of Greece's 577 stories about harm, carried by 522 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (468 stories). Road crashes were named in 80 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with earthquake.

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Conflict & violence

UK

7,951 of its 19,189 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (2,168 stories). Tornadoes were named in 29 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Belgium

592 of its 1,545 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Brussels accounted for 589 of Belgium's 592 stories about harm, carried by 415 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (298 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Venezuela

Caracas accounted for 141 of Venezuela's 211 stories about harm, carried by 124 outlets. 133 of Caracas' 141 stories were about protests or strikes. Power cuts were named in 16 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Bahrain

96 of its 161 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. 31 of Manama's 41 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (72 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: cholera in South Sudan (65 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); road crashes in Greece (80 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hiv in Taiwan (10 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); power cuts in Venezuela (16 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); heatwave in Bangladesh (14 of its stories, about 7 times its usual).

22 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 25 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 54,266 stories about harm among 244,607 counted on 25 May.

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In Belize's news, mentions of the hurricane ran more than ten times their usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 22 in every 100 of the day's 244,607 stories, above the usual 21. A year earlier, on 25 May 2016, 20 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 22 today. In Nepal, 58% of the news was about people being harmed, where 45% is usual.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Yemen78 in 100 of its 116 stories · usually 75 · mostly conflict & violence Iraq75 in 100 of its 705 stories · usually 64 · mostly conflict & violence Indonesia71 in 100 of its 882 stories · usually 36 · mostly conflict & violence Somalia69 in 100 of its 175 stories · usually 75 · mostly conflict & violence Congo67 in 100 of its 58 stories · usually 79 · mostly displacement

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US324 stories about protests or strikes, of its 2087 Manchester UK269 stories about protests or strikes, of its 5804 Brasilia Brazil247 stories about protests or strikes, of its 249 Philadelphia US208 stories about protests or strikes, of its 347 Ramallah Palestine145 stories about protests or strikes, of its 186

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 lessZambia: about as warm as its own usual or lessVietnam: about as warm as its own usual or lessVanuatu: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuam: about as warm as its own usual or lessPuerto Rico: too little coverage to readUnited 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: too little coverage to readTurkey: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readThailand: about as warm as its own usual or lessTanzania: about as warm as its own usual or lessTajikistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSyria: about as warm as its own usual or lessSwitzerland: about as warm as its own usual or lessEswatini: about as warm as its own usual or lessSuriname: too little coverage to readSudan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSri Lanka: about as warm as its own usual or lessSouth Korea: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt. Lucia: about as warm as its own usual or lessRwanda: about as warm as its own usual or lessRussia: about as warm as its own usual or lessRomania: too little coverage to readQatar: 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 lessPeru: about as warm as its own usual or lessParaguay: about as warm as its own usual or lessPapua New Guinea: about as warm as its own usual or lessPanama: about as warm as its own usual or lessPalau: about as warm as its own usual or lessOman: about as warm as its own usual or lessNigeria: 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 lessNiue: too little coverage to readNetherlands: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMorocco: about as warm as its own usual or lessWestern Sahara: about as warm as its own usual or lessMontenegro: about as warm as its own usual or lessMongolia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMoldova: too little coverage to readMexico: 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: too little coverage to readLithuania: 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: too little coverage to readLebanon: 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: too little coverage to readJapan: about as warm as its own usual or lessJamaica: 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 lessIraq: 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 lessHonduras: about as warm as its own usual or lessHaiti: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessGreece: about as warm as its own usual or lessGhana: about as warm as its own usual or lessGeorgia: about as warm as its own usual or lessGambia: about as warm as its own usual or lessGabon: too little coverage to readFrance: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt Pierre & Miquelon: too little coverage to readFrench Polynesia: too little coverage to readNew Caledonia: too little coverage to readFrench Southern Territories: too little coverage to readÅland Islands: too little coverage to readFinland: about as warm as its own usual or lessFiji: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessEl Salvador: about as warm as its own usual or lessEcuador: about as warm as its own usual or lessDominican Republic: about as warm as its own usual or lessDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: too little coverage to readGreenland: too little coverage to readFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readCzech 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessCongo: about as warm as its own usual or lessComoros: too little coverage to readChile: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMyanmar: about as warm as its own usual or lessBurundi: about as warm as its own usual or lessBurkina Faso: too little coverage to readBulgaria: about as warm as its own usual or lessBrunei: about as warm as its own usual or lessBrazil: about as warm as its own usual or lessBotswana: about as warm as its own usual or lessBosnia and Herzegovina: about as warm as its own usual or lessBolivia: about as warm as its own usual or lessBhutan: too little coverage to readBenin: too little coverage to readBelize: too little coverage to readBelarus: about as warm as its own usual or lessBarbados: about as warm as its own usual or lessBangladesh: 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: too little coverage to readAngola: about as warm as its own usual or lessAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: about as warm as its own usual or lessAlbania: 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 lessCrimea: about as warm as its own usual or lessEast Jerusalem: about as warm as its own usual or lessVatican City: about as warm as its own usual or lessMarshall 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBritish Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: too little coverage to readJersey: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuernsey: too little coverage to readSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: too little coverage to readCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: about as warm as its own usual or lessMaldives: too little coverage to readLiechtenstein: too little coverage to readWallis & Futuna: too little coverage to readSt. Martin: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt. 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 readYemen: warmth about its own usualVenezuela: warmth about its own usualTaiwan: warmth about its own usualSweden: warmth about its own usualSouth Sudan: warmth about one and a half times its own usualSpain: warmth about its own usualSlovakia: warmth about twice its own usualSenegal: warmth about one and a half times its own usualPoland: warmth about its own usualPakistan: warmth about its own usualNorway: warmth about its own usualNorth Korea: warmth about its own usualNew Zealand: warmth about its own usualItaly: warmth about its own usualIran: warmth about its own usualHungary: warmth about its own usualGuyana: warmth about its own usualGermany: warmth about one and a half times its own usualEgypt: warmth about its own usualDenmark: warmth about its own usualCuba: warmth about its own usualColombia: warmth about its own usualChina: warmth about its own usualHong Kong: warmth about its own usualBelgium: warmth about one and a half times its own usualAfghanistan: warmth about one and a half times its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualChina: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualBratislava, Slovakia -- conflict & violence: 36 stories, carried by 35 outletsJuba, South Sudan -- displacement: 52 stories, carried by 49 outletsHelmand, Afghanistan -- conflict & violence: 15 stories, carried by 27 outletsGrand Junction, US -- health: 14 stories, carried by 11 outletsWest Virginia, US -- health: 33 stories, carried by 39 outletsSicily, Italy -- conflict & violence: 66 stories, carried by 63 outletsCeara, Brazil -- health: 27 stories, carried by 23 outletsKabul, Afghanistan -- conflict & violence: 101 stories, carried by 96 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

● Slovakia warmth about twice usual ● South Sudan warmth about one and a half times usual ● Germany warmth about one and a half times usual ● Afghanistan warmth about one and a half times usual ● Belgium warmth about one and a half times usual ● Senegal warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Bratislava Slovakia about three times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 36 stories ● Juba South Sudan about twice as warm as the day's news · displacement · 52 stories ● Helmand Afghanistan about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 15 stories ● Grand Junction US about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 14 stories ● West Virginia US about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 33 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Conflict & violence34% 17,841 stories · much more than usual (usually 23%) Rights & justice25% 13,077 stories · much less than usual (usually 30%) Health18% 9,310 stories · less than usual (usually 20%) Disasters & accidents11% 5,809 stories · less than usual (usually 13%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given7% 3,650 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 1,427 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 1,007 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 936 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 killed20,001 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests8,756 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured6,872 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the UK and the US Stories reporting people affected5,165 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions1,017 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the Philippines and the US Stories reporting refugees624 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Japan Stories reporting evacuations455 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced302 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Syria and the US Stories reporting people falling ill85 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 more than usual
● Warmthabout as usual
● Griefabout as usual
● Feara little more 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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