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42,536 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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Violence in Gorongosa, protests in Tegucigalpa (Honduras) and the drought in Kenya drew the news. Mozambique's coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. In the world's news as a whole, the wording was much softer than usual.

Reports of evacuations ran at about 4 times the usual rate, most often about the US and Canada → Help and hope: reports of aid and relief ran at about one and a half times the usual rate →
Part of lifeRights & justice 32 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostMozambique 75 in 100 of its 150 stories, usually 32
RegionSub-Saharan Africa 31 in 100 of its stories, usually 27
Tone of the words Much softer than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Conflict & violence

Mozambique

112 of its 150 stories (75%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Gorongosa accounted for 83 of Mozambique's 112 stories about harm, carried by 106 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (102 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Mozambique over 30 days → its stories → Gorongosa stories →
Protests & strikes

Honduras

159 of its 243 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. 15 of Tegucigalpa's 26 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people affected ran at about 5 times the usual rate (65 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

Honduras over 30 days → its stories → Tegucigalpa stories →
Disasters & accidents

Kenya

320 of its 825 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of people displaced ran at about 9 times the usual rate (82 stories). Drought was named in 117 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual, with malaria. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Kenya over 30 days → its stories →
Rights & justice

North Korea

345 of its 834 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (143 stories). Food poisoning was named in 82 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual.

North Korea over 30 days → its stories →
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Conflict & violence

Libya

95 of its 134 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 58%. Tripoli accounted for 73 of Libya's 95 stories about harm, carried by 46 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at more than ten times the usual rate (34 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Myanmar

162 of its 205 stories (79%) were about people being harmed, usually 69%. Yangon accounted for 79 of Myanmar's 162 stories about harm, carried by 73 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (99 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Nicaragua

Managua accounted for 83 of Nicaragua's 89 stories about harm, carried by 97 outlets. 78 of Managua's 83 stories were about protests or strikes. Wildfires were named in 65 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

Tanzania

88 of its 194 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. 13 of Mikocheni's 13 stories were about protests or strikes. Wildfires were named in 28 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with chikungunya.

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Rights & justice

Madagascar

62 of its 95 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 50%. Antananarivo accounted for 46 of Madagascar's 62 stories about harm, carried by 28 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (19 stories).

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Rights & justice

Somalia

98 of its 165 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 48%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 9 times the usual rate (20 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: wildfires in Nicaragua (65 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); ebola in Liberia (17 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); wildfires in Tanzania (28 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); dust storm in India (381 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hurricane in Bahamas (10 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).

20 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 4 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 42,536 stories about harm among 210,194 counted on 4 May.

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Reports of evacuations ran at about 4 times the usual rate, most often about the US and Canada. of the day's 210,194 news stories, 20 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Reports of aid and relief, a sign of help, ran at about one and a half times the usual rate. Mentions of wildfires ran more than ten times their usual in Nicaragua's news. In Mozambique, 75% of the news was about people being harmed, where 32% is usual.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Nicaragua81 in 100 of its 110 stories · usually 77 · mostly rights & justice Myanmar79 in 100 of its 205 stories · usually 69 · mostly disasters & accidents Mozambique75 in 100 of its 150 stories · usually 32 · mostly conflict & violence Yemen74 in 100 of its 141 stories · usually 74 · mostly health Libya71 in 100 of its 134 stories · usually 58 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US915 stories about protests or strikes, of its 2362 Oklahoma City US224 stories about protests or strikes, of its 258 Los Angeles County US196 stories about protests or strikes, of its 530 Gaza Palestine186 stories about protests or strikes, of its 252 Dallas US154 stories about protests or strikes, of its 396

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zambia: feelings about like the world'sVietnam: feelings about like the world'sVenezuela: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: feelings about like the world'sUzbekistan: feelings about like the world'sUruguay: feelings about like the world'sMicronesia: feelings about like the world'sU.S. Virgin Islands: feelings about like the world'sGuam: feelings about like the world'sPuerto Rico: feelings about like the world'sUnited States: 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 readUganda: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTurkey: feelings about like the world'sTonga: feelings about like the world'sTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: feelings about like the world'sThailand: feelings about like the world'sTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: too little coverage to readSri Lanka: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: feelings about like the world'sSlovakia: feelings about like the world'sSlovenia: feelings about like the world'sSierra Leone: feelings about like the world'sSeychelles: feelings about like the world'sSerbia: too little coverage to readSão 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'sPortugal: feelings about like the world'sPhilippines: feelings about like the world'sParaguay: feelings about like the world'sPanama: feelings about like the world'sPalau: feelings about like the world'sNew Zealand: feelings about like the world'sNiue: too little coverage to readCuraçao: too little coverage to readNepal: feelings about like the world'sNamibia: feelings about like the world'sMorocco: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: feelings about like the world'sMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMexico: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: feelings about like the world'sMalta: feelings about like the world'sMalaysia: feelings about like the world'sMadagascar: feelings about like the world'sNorth Macedonia: feelings about like the world'sLuxembourg: feelings about like the world'sLithuania: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: feelings about like the world'sKyrgyzstan: feelings about like the world'sKuwait: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: too little coverage to readKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sJamaica: feelings about like the world'sIraq: feelings about like the world'sIndonesia: feelings about like the world'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sHungary: feelings about like the world'sHaiti: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: feelings about like the world'sGuatemala: 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'sGabon: feelings about like the world'sSt Pierre & Miquelon: too little coverage to readFrench Polynesia: feelings about like the world'sNew Caledonia: feelings about like the world'sFrench Southern Territories: too little coverage to readÅland Islands: too little coverage to readEthiopia: feelings about like the world'sEstonia: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEgypt: feelings about like the world'sEcuador: 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'sCôte d'Ivoire: feelings about like the world'sCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sDR Congo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readChina: feelings about like the world'sChad: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: too little coverage to readCanada: feelings about like the world'sBurkina Faso: feelings about like the world'sBulgaria: 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'sBhutan: feelings about like the world'sBelize: feelings about like the world'sBelgium: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: feelings about like the world'sBahrain: feelings about like the world'sAzerbaijan: feelings about like the world'sAustria: feelings about like the world'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArmenia: feelings about like the world'sAntigua & Barbuda: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: feelings about like the world'sAlbania: feelings about like the world'sAksai Chin: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Free Zone): feelings about like the world'sVatican City: feelings about like the world'sMarshall Islands: feelings about like the world'sNorthern Mariana Islands: feelings about like the world'sAmerican Samoa: too little coverage to readChagos Islands: too little coverage to readSt. Helena: too little coverage to readPitcairn: feelings about like the world'sAnguilla: too little coverage to readBermuda: feelings about like the world'sBritish Virgin Islands: feelings about like the world'sTurks & 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: feelings about like the world'sAruba: feelings about like the world'sNauru: feelings about like the world'sMonaco: too little coverage to readMaldives: feelings about like the world'sLiechtenstein: 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 readZimbabwe: coverage a little warmer than the world'sYemen: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sUK: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUkraine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sTunisia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sTajikistan: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sSyria: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSwitzerland: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSweden: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSuriname: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sSudan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSpain: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSouth Korea: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSouth Africa: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSomalia: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sSingapore: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSenegal: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sRwanda: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sRomania: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sQatar: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPoland: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPeru: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sPapua New Guinea: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sOman: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sNorway: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNorth Korea: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNigeria: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sNiger: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNicaragua: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sNetherlands: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sMozambique: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sMauritius: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMali: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sMalawi: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLibya: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sLiberia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sLebanon: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLatvia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sLaos: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKenya: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sJordan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sItaly: coverage a little warmer than the world'sIsrael: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIreland: coverage a little warmer than the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIndia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sHonduras: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sGuyana: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sGhana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGambia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sFrance: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sFinland: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sFiji: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEl Salvador: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sDenmark: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCzechia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sCongo: coverage a little warmer than the world'sColombia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sHong Kong: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sChile: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sCentral African Republic: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sCameroon: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCambodia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMyanmar: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sBurundi: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBrunei: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBolivia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBenin: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBarbados: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBangladesh: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBahamas: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAustralia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sArgentina: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sAngola: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice 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

● Mozambique about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 112 stories about harm ● Honduras about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 159 stories about harm ● South Sudan about twice as fearful as the world's · 95 stories about harm ● Finland few stories about twice as fearful as the world's · 38 stories about harm ● Afghanistan about twice as angry as the world's · 132 stories about harm ● Netherlands about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 117 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice32% 13,442 stories · about as usual Health19% 8,082 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents19% 8,019 stories · much more than usual (usually 13%) Conflict & violence14% 5,936 stories · much less than usual (usually 20%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 2,076 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood4% 1,506 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 1,456 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 1,313 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 killed12,404 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected6,173 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests5,641 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured2,974 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting evacuations1,676 at about 4 times the usual rate · most about the US and Canada Stories reporting refugees955 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions561 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced421 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill78 at about half 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 much softer than usual. Filled dot: today. Ring: usual.

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