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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.

Where the news was warmest

feelings in full →
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 lessVenezuela: about as warm as its own usual or lessVanuatu: about as warm as its own usual or lessUzbekistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessUruguay: about as warm as its own usual or lessMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.S. Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readGuam: about as warm as its own usual or lessPuerto Rico: about as warm as its own usual or lessUnited 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessIsle of Man: too little coverage to readUnited Arab Emirates: about as warm as its own usual or lessUkraine: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessTimor-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 lessTaiwan: 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 lessSouth Korea: about as warm as its own usual or lessSouth Africa: 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 readSenegal: 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: too little coverage to readRwanda: about as warm as its own usual or lessRussia: about as warm as its own usual or lessRomania: about as warm as its own usual or lessQatar: about as warm as its own usual or lessPortugal: about as warm as its own usual or lessPoland: 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: too little coverage to readPakistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessOman: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorway: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorth Korea: 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 lessNew Zealand: 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 readNamibia: 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: too little coverage to readMontenegro: about as warm as its own usual or lessMongolia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMoldova: about as warm as its own usual or lessMexico: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritius: too little coverage to readMauritania: too little coverage to readMalta: 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: too little coverage to readNorth Macedonia: about as warm as its own usual or lessLuxembourg: about as warm as its own usual or lessLithuania: too little coverage to readLibya: about as warm as its own usual or lessLesotho: about as warm as its own usual or lessLebanon: about as warm as its own usual or lessLatvia: about as warm as its own usual or lessLaos: about as warm as its own usual or lessKyrgyzstan: about as warm as its own usual or lessKuwait: about as warm as its own usual or lessKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: about as warm as its own usual or lessKenya: about as warm as its own usual or lessKazakhstan: about as warm as its own usual or lessJordan: too little coverage to readJamaica: about as warm as its own usual or lessItaly: 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 lessIran: 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: too little coverage to readHonduras: about as warm as its own usual or lessHaiti: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuyana: 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 lessGermany: about as warm as its own usual or lessGeorgia: too little coverage to readGambia: too little coverage to readGabon: too little coverage to readFrance: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt Pierre & Miquelon: too little coverage to readFrench Polynesia: about as warm as its own usual or lessNew 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: too little coverage to readEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEgypt: about as warm as its own usual or lessEcuador: too little coverage to readDominican Republic: about as warm as its own usual or lessDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: about as warm as its own usual or lessGreenland: too little coverage to readFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readN. 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 readColombia: about as warm as its own usual or lessChile: too little coverage to readChad: too little coverage to readCentral African Republic: about as warm as its own usual or lessCape Verde: too little coverage to readCanada: about as warm as its own usual or lessCameroon: about as warm as its own usual or lessCambodia: too little coverage to readMyanmar: 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: too little coverage to readBotswana: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBenin: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelize: too little coverage to readBelgium: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelarus: 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: too little coverage to readAustralia: 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 lessAfghanistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessJammu & Kashmir: 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): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSiachen Glacier: 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 lessAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessVatican City: too little coverage to readMarshall Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorthern 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSan 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: too little coverage to readSt. 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 one and a half times its own usualUK: warmth about its own usualUganda: warmth about one and a half times its own usualSweden: warmth about its own usualSouth Sudan: warmth about its own usualSri Lanka: warmth about one and a half times its own usualSpain: warmth about its own usualSomalia: warmth about its own usualSlovakia: warmth about its own usualSaudi Arabia: warmth about its own usualNepal: warmth about its own usualLiberia: warmth about one and a half times its own usualJapan: warmth about its own usualHungary: warmth about its own usualGhana: warmth about its own usualEl Salvador: warmth about one and a half times its own usualDenmark: warmth about its own usualCzechia: warmth about its own usualCuba: warmth about its own usualChina: warmth about its own usualHong Kong: warmth about its own usualChina: warmth about its own usualNeenah, US -- conflict & violence: 111 stories, carried by 123 outletsHavana, Cuba -- rights & justice: 12 stories, carried by 12 outletsStockholm, Sweden -- health: 12 stories, carried by 13 outletsErlangen, Germany -- health: 12 stories, carried by 12 outletsCeara, Brazil -- health: 15 stories, carried by 15 outletsByron Bay, Australia -- disasters & accidents: 11 stories, carried by 23 outletsKampala, Uganda -- conflict & violence: 70 stories, carried by 57 outletsWest Yorkshire, UK -- rights & justice: 26 stories, carried by 26 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

● El Salvador warmth about one and a half times usual ● Yemen warmth about one and a half times usual ● Sri Lanka warmth about one and a half times usual ● Liberia warmth about one and a half times usual ● Uganda warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Neenah US about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 111 stories ● Havana Cuba about twice as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 12 stories ● Stockholm Sweden about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 12 stories ● Erlangen Germany about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 12 stories ● Ceara Brazil about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 15 stories

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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