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46,579 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 Panama City, violence in Baghdad and arrests in Jordan. Iraq's coverage was about three times as angry as the world's. Taken together, the world's news read much harsher than usual.

Part of lifeConflict & violence 26 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostPanama 86 in 100 of its 1,454 stories, usually 13
RegionSoutheast Asia 42 in 100 of its stories, usually 32
Tone of the words Much harsher than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Health

Panama

1,251 of its 1,454 stories (86%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. Panama City accounted for 723 of Panama's 1,251 stories about harm, carried by 645 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (416 stories). Plague was named in 101 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Panama over 30 days → its stories → Panama City stories →
Conflict & violence

Iraq

1,272 of its 1,490 stories (85%) were about people being harmed, usually 64%. Baghdad accounted for 1,120 of Iraq's 1,272 stories about harm, carried by 813 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (1,009 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

Iraq over 30 days → its stories → Baghdad stories →
Rights & justice

Jordan

110 of its 244 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of arrests ran at about 7 times the usual rate (46 stories). Cholera was named in 32 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Jordan over 30 days → its stories →
Protests & strikes

Lebanon

180 of its 347 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Beirut accounted for 167 of Lebanon's 180 stories about harm, carried by 219 outlets. 154 of Beirut's 167 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (78 stories).

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

Philippines

1,351 of its 2,330 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Marawi accounted for 808 of the Philippines' 1,351 stories about harm, carried by 384 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about 9 times the usual rate (17 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Cambodia

125 of its 215 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. 16 of Phnom Penh's 25 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (80 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Nepal

205 of its 331 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%. Kathmandu accounted for 152 of Nepal's 205 stories about harm, carried by 181 outlets. Hypothermia was named in 115 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with extreme cold. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Bangladesh

663 of its 979 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (306 stories). Storm surge was named in 261 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with tropical storm, hurricane and outbreaks.

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Disasters & accidents

Sri Lanka

401 of its 535 stories (75%) were about people being harmed, usually 48%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 6 times the usual rate (72 stories). Dengue was named in 74 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual, with tropical storm.

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Rights & justice

Malaysia

319 of its 959 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (179 stories). Grief in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

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Also named far more than usual: hypothermia in Nepal (115 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); tsunami in Indonesia (123 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); storm surge in Bangladesh (261 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); dengue in Sri Lanka (74 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); hurricane in Russia (121 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

23 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 30 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 46,579 stories about harm among 203,838 counted on 30 May.

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Panama's news was 86% about people being harmed, against a usual 13%. of the day's 203,838 news stories, 23 in every 100 were about people being harmed, above the usual 22. Nepal's news mentioned the hypothermia about 4 times as often as usual. A year earlier, on 30 May 2016, 22 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 23 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Yemen88 in 100 of its 238 stories · usually 75 · mostly health Panama86 in 100 of its 1,454 stories · usually 13 · mostly health Central African Republic86 in 100 of its 214 stories · usually 87 · mostly rights & justice Iraq85 in 100 of its 1,490 stories · usually 64 · mostly conflict & violence South Sudan81 in 100 of its 360 stories · usually 63 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Portland US551 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1140 Washington US286 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1363 Caracas Venezuela182 stories about protests or strikes, of its 207 Beirut Lebanon154 stories about protests or strikes, of its 167 Texas US107 stories about protests or strikes, of its 241

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 lessVenezuela: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessU.S. Virgin Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuam: 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readThailand: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSouth Sudan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSudan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSri Lanka: about as warm as its own usual or lessSpain: about as warm as its own usual or lessSouth Korea: too little coverage to readSouth 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 lessSlovakia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSlovenia: too little coverage to readSingapore: too little coverage to readSierra 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 lessSaudi 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: too little coverage to readSt. 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: 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 lessPhilippines: about as warm as its own usual or lessPeru: about as warm as its own usual or lessParaguay: too little coverage to readPapua 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 readNepal: about as warm as its own usual or lessNamibia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMozambique: too little coverage to readMorocco: 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: 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessLithuania: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessJapan: about as warm as its own usual or lessJamaica: 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessHungary: too little coverage to readHonduras: too little coverage to readHaiti: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuyana: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuinea-Bissau: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuinea: 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 lessGhana: about as warm as its own usual or lessGermany: about as warm as its own usual or lessGeorgia: 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: too little coverage to readNew Caledonia: about as warm as its own usual or lessFrench Southern Territories: too little coverage to readÅland Islands: too little coverage to readFinland: too little coverage to readFiji: 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: too little coverage to readDominica: about as warm as its own usual or lessDjibouti: about as warm as its own usual or lessGreenland: about as warm as its own usual or lessFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readDenmark: about as warm as its own usual or lessCzech 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: too little coverage to readComoros: too little coverage to readChina: about as warm as its own usual or lessHong Kong: about as warm as its own usual or lessChile: too little coverage to readChad: about as warm as its own usual or lessCentral 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 lessMyanmar: about as warm as its own usual or lessBurundi: about as warm as its own usual or lessBurkina Faso: about as warm as its own usual or lessBulgaria: 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: too little coverage to readBosnia 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelgium: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessAustralia: about as warm as its own usual or lessHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArgentina: 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: too little coverage to readAfghanistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessJammu & Kashmir: about as warm as its own usual or lessAksai Chin: 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 lessAzad 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 lessAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: 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: too little coverage to readBritish 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessLiechtenstein: about as warm as its own usual or lessWallis & Futuna: too little coverage to readSt. Martin: too little coverage to readSt. Barthélemy: too little coverage to readMacao: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorfolk 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 usualVietnam: warmth about its own usualVanuatu: warmth about its own usualTanzania: warmth about its own usualSweden: warmth about its own usualPoland: warmth about its own usualMexico: warmth about its own usualMali: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualGreece: warmth about its own usualGambia: warmth about its own usualEgypt: warmth about its own usualCuba: warmth about its own usualCongo: warmth about one and a half times its own usualColombia: warmth about its own usualCambodia: warmth about its own usualArmenia: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualSouth Carolina, US -- health: 20 stories, carried by 22 outletsMorton County, US -- rights & justice: 70 stories, carried by 113 outletsUppsala, Sweden -- displacement: 14 stories, carried by 14 outletsHamburg, Germany -- conflict & violence: 10 stories, carried by 10 outletsNuba Mountains, Sudan -- conflict & violence: 15 stories, carried by 16 outletsSunshine Coast, Australia -- rights & justice: 13 stories, carried by 17 outletsHodeida, Yemen -- conflict & violence: 63 stories, carried by 60 outletsYerevan, Armenia -- conflict & violence: 50 stories, carried by 37 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

● Yemen warmth about one and a half times usual ● Congo warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● South Carolina US about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 20 stories ● Morton County US about twice as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 70 stories ● Uppsala Sweden about twice as warm as the day's news · displacement · 14 stories ● Hamburg Germany about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 10 stories ● Nuba Mountains Sudan about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 15 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Conflict & violence26% 11,727 stories · about as usual Rights & justice25% 11,491 stories · less than usual (usually 29%) Health19% 8,521 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents15% 6,711 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given7% 3,330 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 1,479 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 1,377 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 961 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 killed18,002 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests6,071 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected5,551 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured5,327 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees813 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations809 at about twice the usual rate · most about Bangladesh and the US Stories reporting abductions713 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced466 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill90 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 much harsher than usual. Filled dot: today. Ring: usual.

● Angerabout as usual
● Warmthabout as usual
● Griefa little more 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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