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27,877 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 protests in Moscow (Russia), people affected in South Africa and gas explosion in Pakistan. Pakistan's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Everywhere we counted, the words were 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 people freed or reunited ran at about twice the usual rate →
Part of lifeRights & justice 33 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostPoland 87 in 100 of its 470 stories, usually 20
RegionEurope 25 in 100 of its stories, usually 18
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 →
Protests & strikes

Russia

1,146 of its 2,125 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Moscow accounted for 950 of Russia's 1,146 stories about harm, carried by 940 outlets. 639 of Moscow's 950 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (686 stories). Landslides were named in 55 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with drownings. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

Russia over 30 days → its stories → Moscow stories →
Disasters & accidents

South Africa

230 of its 625 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of people affected ran at about 6 times the usual rate (82 stories). Accidents were named in 28 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

South Africa over 30 days → its stories →
Conflict & violence

Pakistan

558 of its 1,351 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (73 stories). Gas explosion was named in 74 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with heatwave and storms. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Pakistan over 30 days → its stories →
Rights & justice

Guatemala

38 of its 60 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (38 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

Guatemala over 30 days → its stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Protests & strikes

New Caledonia

48 of its 54 stories (89%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Noumea accounted for 38 of New Caledonia's 48 stories about harm, carried by 39 outlets. 38 of Noumea's 38 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (45 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Cuba

70 of its 127 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Havana accounted for 59 of Cuba's 70 stories about harm, carried by 57 outlets. 40 of Havana's 59 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (17 stories).

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Poland

409 of its 470 stories (87%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Jastrzebie accounted for 324 of Poland's 409 stories about harm, carried by 394 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (70 stories).

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Netherlands

90 of its 222 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (53 stories). Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Kashmir

290 of its 391 stories (74%) were about people being harmed, usually 52%. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (81 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Tanzania

49 of its 93 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. 4 of Mikocheni's 4 stories were about protests or strikes. Wildfires were named in 32 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual.

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Also named far more than usual: poisoning in Armenia (37 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); wildfires in Tanzania (32 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); wildfires in Nicaragua (14 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); extreme cold in North Korea (18 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); heavy rain in Somalia (11 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).

23 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 21; 20 the day before
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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 5 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 27,877 stories about harm among 118,889 counted on 5 May.

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Evacuations were reported at about 4 times the usual rate, most often about the US and Canada. Stories about people being harmed made up 23 in every 100 of the day's 118,889 stories, above the usual 21. Mentions of poisoning ran more than ten times their usual in Armenia's news. On the side of help, reports of people freed or reunited ran at about twice the usual rate. Russia stood out: 54% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 20%.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

New Caledonia89 in 100 of its 54 stories · usually 41 · mostly rights & justice Poland87 in 100 of its 470 stories · usually 20 · mostly disasters & accidents Puerto Rico83 in 100 of its 106 stories · usually 45 · mostly conflict & violence Sudan75 in 100 of its 55 stories · usually 47 · mostly food & livelihood Kashmir74 in 100 of its 391 stories · usually 52 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Moscow Russia639 stories about protests or strikes, of its 950 Dallas US476 stories about protests or strikes, of its 675 Washington US216 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1047 Jerusalem Israel123 stories about protests or strikes, of its 193 Tehran Iran104 stories about protests or strikes, of its 160

Stories, not people.

Where the news was warmest

feelings in full →
Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zambia: 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 lessVenezuela: about as warm as its own usual or lessVanuatu: about as warm as its own usual or lessUzbekistan: too little coverage to readUruguay: 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 Kingdom: about as warm as its own usual or lessUnited Arab Emirates: too little coverage to readUkraine: 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 lessTunisia: about as warm as its own usual or lessTrinidad & Tobago: about as warm as its own usual or lessTonga: too little coverage to readTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: about as warm as its own usual or lessThailand: too little coverage to readTanzania: too little coverage to readTajikistan: too little coverage to readTaiwan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSyria: about as warm as its own usual or lessSweden: 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: too little coverage to readSri Lanka: too little coverage to readSpain: 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 lessSomalia: 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: 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 lessPoland: too little coverage to readPhilippines: 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 lessMorocco: about as warm as its own usual or lessWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: too little coverage to readMoldova: too little coverage to readMexico: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritius: too little coverage to readMauritania: about as warm as its own usual or lessMalta: about as warm as its own usual or lessMali: about as warm as its own usual or lessMalaysia: too little coverage to readMalawi: about as warm as its own usual or lessMadagascar: too little coverage to readNorth Macedonia: too little coverage to readLuxembourg: about as warm as its own usual or lessLithuania: too little coverage to readLibya: 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: too little coverage to readKyrgyzstan: about as warm as its own usual or lessKuwait: about as warm as its own usual or lessKosovo: 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: too little coverage to readItaly: 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuinea: too little coverage to readGuatemala: 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 lessGhana: about as warm as its own usual or lessGeorgia: about as warm as its own usual or lessGambia: too little coverage to readGabon: about as warm as its own usual or lessFrance: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt Pierre & Miquelon: too little coverage to readFrench Polynesia: 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: too little coverage to readEritrea: 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 lessDominican Republic: too little coverage to readDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: 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 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: too little coverage to readCongo: about as warm as its own usual or lessComoros: 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 lessCameroon: about as warm as its own usual or lessCambodia: 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: too little coverage to readBulgaria: 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 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 readArmenia: too little coverage to readArgentina: too little coverage to readAntigua & Barbuda: about as warm as its own usual or lessAngola: about as warm as its own usual or lessAndorra: too little coverage to readAlbania: 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 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: too little coverage to readJersey: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuernsey: too little coverage to readSan 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: too little coverage to readMaldives: 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: 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 readZimbabwe: warmth about its own usualTürkiye: warmth about one and a half times its own usualSwitzerland: warmth about one and a half times its own usualMozambique: warmth about its own usualIsrael: warmth about its own usualIran: warmth about its own usualGermany: warmth about its own usualNew Caledonia: warmth about its own usualEcuador: warmth about its own usualColombia: warmth about its own usualBelgium: warmth about its own usualAlgeria: warmth about its own usualIstanbul, Türkiye -- rights & justice: 61 stories, carried by 55 outletsBogota, Colombia -- conflict & violence: 49 stories, carried by 51 outletsAnchorage, US -- deaths & injuries, cause not given: 31 stories, carried by 30 outletsMaine, US -- rights & justice: 12 stories, carried by 15 outletsGhazni, Afghanistan -- conflict & violence: 15 stories, carried by 12 outletsAung Hlaing, Myanmar -- displacement: 11 stories, carried by 10 outletsCalgary, Canada -- rights & justice: 23 stories, carried by 37 outletsLahore, Pakistan -- rights & justice: 30 stories, carried by 16 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

● Switzerland warmth about one and a half times usual ● Türkiye warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Istanbul Türkiye about twice as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 61 stories ● Bogota Colombia about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 49 stories ● Anchorage US about twice as warm as the day's news · deaths & injuries, cause not given · 31 stories ● Maine US about twice as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 12 stories ● Ghazni Afghanistan about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 15 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice33% 9,083 stories · more than usual (usually 31%) Disasters & accidents21% 5,648 stories · much more than usual (usually 13%) Conflict & violence17% 4,792 stories · less than usual (usually 20%) Health16% 4,427 stories · less than usual (usually 21%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 1,469 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 993 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 548 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 496 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 killed8,368 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests4,227 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Russia Stories reporting people affected3,585 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Poland Stories reporting people injured2,214 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations928 at about 4 times the usual rate · most about the US and Canada Stories reporting abductions635 at about twice the usual rate · most about India and the US Stories reporting refugees369 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Bangladesh Stories reporting people displaced207 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill23 at about a third 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.

● Angerabout as 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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These are counts of stories, not counts of suffering. Most of what happens to people is never reported at all.