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44,110 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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Most of the day's attention went to violence in Mogadishu, plane crash in Puerto Rico and protests in Amsterdam (Netherlands). Finland's coverage was about 4 times as fearful as the world's. Over the whole world, the tone was softer than usual.

Help and hope: reports of people freed or reunited ran at about three times the usual rate →
Part of lifeRights & justice 32 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostVanuatu 90 in 100 of its 125 stories, usually 38
RegionSub-Saharan Africa 32 in 100 of its stories, usually 27
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 →
Conflict & violence

Somalia

296 of its 373 stories (79%) were about people being harmed, usually 46%. Mogadishu accounted for 257 of Somalia's 296 stories about harm, carried by 220 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (32 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

Somalia over 30 days → its stories → Mogadishu stories →
Disasters & accidents

Puerto Rico

246 of its 328 stories (75%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Reports of refugees ran at more than ten times the usual rate (10 stories). Plane crash was named in 33 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual. Grief in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

Puerto Rico over 30 days → its stories →
Protests & strikes

Netherlands

94 of its 462 stories (20%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. 34 of Amsterdam's 57 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Netherlands over 30 days → its stories → Amsterdam stories →
Health

Finland

83 of its 252 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Extreme cold was named in 10 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about 4 times as fearful as the world's.

Finland over 30 days → its stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Disasters & accidents

Vanuatu

113 of its 125 stories (90%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Ambae accounted for 109 of Vanuatu's 113 stories about harm, carried by 114 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at more than ten times the usual rate (80 stories).

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Conflict & violence

Mozambique

93 of its 130 stories (72%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (85 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Tunisia

74 of its 127 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (21 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Myanmar

272 of its 315 stories (86%) were about people being harmed, usually 66%. Mandalay accounted for 212 of Myanmar's 272 stories about harm, carried by 210 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (244 stories).

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Conflict & violence

Libya

185 of its 254 stories (73%) were about people being harmed, usually 57%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (62 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Warmth in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Syria

377 of its 495 stories (76%) were about people being harmed, usually 63%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 6 times the usual rate (70 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: malaria in Yemen (154 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); heavy rain in Bangladesh (137 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); wildfires in Tanzania (38 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); tuberculosis in South Africa (148 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); dust storm in India (457 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

20 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 21; 19 the day before
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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 3 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 44,110 stories about harm among 220,860 counted on 3 May.

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Reports of people freed or reunited, a sign of help, ran at about three times the usual rate. 20 in every 100 of the day's 220,860 news stories were about people being harmed, below the usual 21. In Yemen's news, mentions of the malaria ran more than ten times their usual. Somalia stood out: 79% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 46%. On 3 May 2017, a year earlier, the share was 21 in every 100, against 20 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Vanuatu90 in 100 of its 125 stories · usually 38 · mostly disasters & accidents Myanmar86 in 100 of its 315 stories · usually 66 · mostly conflict & violence Central African Republic86 in 100 of its 90 stories · usually 83 · mostly rights & justice Yemen83 in 100 of its 311 stories · usually 73 · mostly health Nicaragua80 in 100 of its 59 stories · usually 77 · mostly rights & justice

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Gaza Palestine196 stories about protests or strikes, of its 289 Lesbos Greece181 stories about protests or strikes, of its 187 Washington US161 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1500 Pyongyang North Korea155 stories about protests or strikes, of its 498 Tijuana Mexico142 stories about protests or strikes, of its 168

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 lessYemen: 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: 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessUnited 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessTrinidad & Tobago: too little coverage to readTonga: about as warm as its own usual or lessTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: about as warm as its own usual or lessTanzania: about as warm as its own usual or lessTaiwan: too little coverage to readSyria: 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 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 lessSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: too little coverage to readSlovakia: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSerbia: 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: 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 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: 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: too little coverage to readNigeria: 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 lessMorocco: about as warm as its own usual or lessWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: 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 readMali: about as warm as its own usual or lessMalaysia: too little coverage to readMalawi: 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 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 lessKuwait: too little coverage to readKosovo: 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: 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessHungary: 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: too little coverage to readGrenada: about as warm as its own usual or lessGreece: too little coverage to readGermany: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessNew Caledonia: about as warm as its own usual or lessFrench Southern Territories: too little coverage to readÅland Islands: too little coverage to readFinland: 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 lessEgypt: about as warm as its own usual or lessEcuador: about as warm as its own usual or lessDominican Republic: too little coverage to readDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: about as warm as its own usual or lessGreenland: 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 lessCuba: about as warm as its own usual or lessCroatia: about as warm as its own usual or lessCôte d'Ivoire: too little coverage to readCosta 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 lessChina: about as warm as its own usual or lessHong Kong: about as warm as its own usual or lessChile: 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: too little coverage to readCanada: about as warm as its own usual or lessMyanmar: about as warm as its own usual or lessBurkina Faso: about as warm as its own usual or lessBulgaria: too little coverage to readBrunei: 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: 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 lessBahamas: too little coverage to readAzerbaijan: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessAngola: 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 lessAksai Chin: 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 readCrimea: about as warm as its own usual or lessEast Jerusalem: about as warm as its own usual or lessVatican City: too little coverage to readMarshall 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMonaco: about as warm as its own usual or lessMaldives: about as warm as its own usual or lessLiechtenstein: too little coverage to readWallis & 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 readVenezuela: warmth about its own usualPuerto Rico: warmth about its own usualTürkiye: warmth about one and a half times its own usualTunisia: warmth about its own usualThailand: warmth about its own usualTajikistan: warmth about its own usualSweden: warmth about its own usualSouth Sudan: warmth about one and a half times its own usualSomalia: warmth about one and a half times its own usualPortugal: warmth about its own usualNamibia: warmth about its own usualMozambique: warmth about one and a half times its own usualMalta: warmth about its own usualMadagascar: warmth about its own usualLibya: warmth about one and a half times its own usualKyrgyzstan: warmth about its own usualGhana: warmth about its own usualFiji: warmth about its own usualDenmark: warmth about its own usualCameroon: warmth about its own usualCambodia: warmth about its own usualBurundi: warmth about its own usualBahrain: warmth about its own usualAfghanistan: warmth about one and a half times its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualDjerba, Tunisia -- conflict & violence: 41 stories, carried by 38 outletsPerth, Australia -- health: 29 stories, carried by 80 outletsDinka, South Sudan -- displacement: 29 stories, carried by 37 outletsMuskrat Falls, Canada -- rights & justice: 11 stories, carried by 14 outletsIstanbul, Türkiye -- rights & justice: 48 stories, carried by 43 outletsPraia da Luz, Portugal -- health: 19 stories, carried by 61 outletsJuba, South Sudan -- conflict & violence: 54 stories, carried by 62 outletsLake Chad, Nigeria -- conflict & violence: 13 stories, carried by 12 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

● South Sudan warmth about one and a half times usual ● Somalia warmth about one and a half times usual ● Libya warmth about one and a half times usual ● Türkiye warmth about one and a half times usual ● Mozambique warmth about one and a half times usual ● Afghanistan warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Djerba Tunisia about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 41 stories ● Perth Australia about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 29 stories ● Dinka South Sudan about twice as warm as the day's news · displacement · 29 stories ● Muskrat Falls Canada about twice as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 11 stories ● Istanbul Türkiye about twice as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 48 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice32% 13,706 stories · about as usual Health21% 9,246 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents16% 7,074 stories · more than usual (usually 13%) Conflict & violence15% 6,402 stories · much less than usual (usually 20%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 2,680 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 1,630 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 1,327 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 1,200 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 killed13,197 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests5,765 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected5,304 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured4,494 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees1,042 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions1,015 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about North Korea and the US Stories reporting evacuations341 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced310 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill111 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Canada

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.

● Angera little less than usual
● Warmthabout as usual
● Griefabout as 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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