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50,496 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 landslides in Sri Lanka, violence in Cairo and the drought in Uganda. Egypt's coverage was about three times as angry as the world's. In the world's news as a whole, the wording was much harsher than usual.

Reports of people falling ill ran at about three times the usual rate, most often about the US and Bangladesh →
Part of lifeConflict & violence 34 in 100 of the stories about harm · much more than usual Country that rose mostSri Lanka 85 in 100 of its 1,420 stories, usually 27
RegionSoutheast Asia 45 in 100 of its stories, usually 28
Tone of the words Much harsher than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

how these are picked →
Disasters & accidents

Sri Lanka

1,202 of its 1,420 stories (85%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Colombo accounted for 568 of Sri Lanka's 1,202 stories about harm, carried by 377 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (98 stories). Landslides were named in 458 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with heavy rain and drought. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's. Warmth in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Sri Lanka over 30 days → its stories → Colombo stories →
Conflict & violence

Egypt

1,931 of its 2,159 stories (89%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Cairo accounted for 1,307 of Egypt's 1,931 stories about harm, carried by 900 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (1,440 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

Egypt over 30 days → its stories → Cairo stories →
Rights & justice

Uganda

166 of its 359 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (83 stories). Drought was named in 21 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Uganda over 30 days → its stories →
Health

Ecuador

115 of its 165 stories (70%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Quito accounted for 95 of Ecuador's 115 stories about harm, carried by 94 outlets. Respiratory illness was named in 91 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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

Indonesia

671 of its 945 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Jakarta accounted for 490 of Indonesia's 671 stories about harm, carried by 365 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (250 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Tunisia

118 of its 142 stories (83%) were about people being harmed, usually 47%. Tunis accounted for 111 of Tunisia's 118 stories about harm, carried by 104 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (107 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Philippines

1,644 of its 2,766 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Marawi accounted for 1,014 of the Philippines' 1,644 stories about harm, carried by 455 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about 6 times the usual rate (8 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Syria

816 of its 1,018 stories (80%) were about people being harmed, usually 71%. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (224 stories). Natural hazards were named in 14 of its stories about harm, about 9 times usual. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Saudi Arabia

335 of its 765 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Reports of refugees ran at about 5 times the usual rate (20 stories). Earthquake was named in 38 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

Ethiopia

131 of its 197 stories (66%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%. 38 of Addis Ababa's 46 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (15 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: malaria in North Korea (23 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); power cuts in Palestine (64 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); earthquake in Saudi Arabia (38 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); malaria in South Korea (14 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); ebola in Nigeria (33 of its stories, about 4 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 26 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 50,496 stories about harm among 224,695 counted on 26 May.

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Sri Lanka stood out: 85% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 27%. 22 in every 100 of the day's 224,695 news stories were about people being harmed, above the usual 21. In Ecuador's news, mentions of respiratory illness ran more than ten times their usual. Reports of people falling ill ran at about three times the usual rate, most often about the US and Bangladesh. On 26 May 2016, a year earlier, the share was 20 in every 100, against 22 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Egypt89 in 100 of its 2,159 stories · usually 39 · mostly conflict & violence El Salvador87 in 100 of its 84 stories · usually 42 · mostly health Sri Lanka85 in 100 of its 1,420 stories · usually 27 · mostly disasters & accidents Tunisia83 in 100 of its 142 stories · usually 47 · mostly conflict & violence Syria80 in 100 of its 1,018 stories · usually 71 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Ramallah Palestine231 stories about protests or strikes, of its 284 Washington US210 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1550 Marawi Philippines203 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1014 San Francisco US150 stories about protests or strikes, of its 418 Manchester UK141 stories about protests or strikes, of its 3328

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: too little coverage to readU.S. Virgin Islands: feelings about like the world'sGuam: feelings about like the world'sPuerto Rico: 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'sUkraine: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTrinidad & Tobago: feelings about like the world'sTonga: feelings about like the world'sTogo: feelings about like the world'sTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readThailand: feelings about like the world'sTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: too little coverage to readSouth Sudan: 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'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'sRwanda: feelings about like the world'sQatar: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: 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 readOman: feelings about like the world'sNorway: feelings about like the world'sNigeria: feelings about like the world'sNiger: feelings about like the world'sNicaragua: feelings about like the world'sNiue: too little coverage to readNetherlands: feelings about like the world'sCuraçao: too little coverage to readNepal: feelings about like the world'sNamibia: feelings about like the world'sMozambique: 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'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'sJordan: feelings about like the world'sJamaica: feelings about like the world'sIsrael: feelings about like the world'sPalestine: feelings about like the world'sIreland: feelings about like the world'sIndia: feelings about like the world'sIceland: 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'sGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGreece: feelings about like the world'sGermany: 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 readFiji: feelings about like the world'sEstonia: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEcuador: feelings about like the world'sDominican Republic: feelings about like the world'sDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: feelings about like the world'sGreenland: feelings about like the world'sFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readN. 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'sDR Congo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readColombia: feelings about like the world'sChile: feelings about like the world'sChad: too little coverage to readCentral African Republic: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: too little coverage to readCanada: feelings about like the world'sCameroon: 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: too little coverage to readBulgaria: 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'sBenin: feelings about like the world'sBelize: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: 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'sAustria: feelings about like the world'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArgentina: feelings about like the world'sAntigua & Barbuda: too little coverage to readAngola: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: feelings about like the world'sAlbania: 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'sCrimea: feelings about like the world'sEast Jerusalem: 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: 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: feelings about like the world'sSan 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: feelings about like the world'sMaldives: too little coverage to readLiechtenstein: 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: feelings about like the world'sMayotte: too little coverage to readYemen: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sVietnam: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sVenezuela: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sUS: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sUK: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sUganda: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sTürkiye: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sTunisia: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSyria: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sSwitzerland: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSweden: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSudan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSri Lanka: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSomalia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSlovakia: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sRussia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sRomania: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPoland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPhilippines: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNorth Korea: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNew Zealand: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMontenegro: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMexico: coverage a little angrier than the world'sMali: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNorth Macedonia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sLibya: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sLiberia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sKenya: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sJapan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sItaly: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sIraq: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIran: coverage a little warmer than the world'sIndonesia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sHungary: coverage a little warmer than the world'sHaiti: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGuatemala: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGhana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sFrance: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sFinland: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sEthiopia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sEl Salvador: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sEgypt: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sDenmark: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sCzechia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sCôte d’Ivoire: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCongo: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sChina: coverage a little warmer than the world'sHong Kong: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBelgium: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sAustralia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sArmenia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as 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'sChina: 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'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

● Afghanistan about three times as angry as the world's · 290 stories about harm ● Egypt about three times as angry as the world's · 1,931 stories about harm ● Syria about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 816 stories about harm ● Türkiye about twice as fearful as the world's · 326 stories about harm ● Tunisia about twice as angry as the world's · 118 stories about harm ● Saudi Arabia about twice as fearful as the world's · 335 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Conflict & violence34% 16,896 stories · much more than usual (usually 23%) Rights & justice26% 12,707 stories · less than usual (usually 30%) Health17% 8,463 stories · less than usual (usually 20%) Disasters & accidents11% 5,517 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 2,881 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 1,429 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 820 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 820 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 killed20,029 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and the UK Stories reporting arrests7,164 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured6,834 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Egypt and the US Stories reporting people affected4,783 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions658 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees479 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Italy Stories reporting evacuations347 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced336 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill212 at about three times the usual rate · most about the US and Bangladesh

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 much harsher than usual. Filled dot: today. Ring: usual.

● Angerabout one and a half times usual
● Warmthabout as usual
● Griefabout one and a half times 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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