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25,457 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 news turned to illness in Kratie, protests in Tunis (Tunisia) and people displaced in Bangui. Cambodia's coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's. Across the world, the tone of the words was about as usual.

Reports of evacuations ran at about 6 times the usual rate, most often about the US and Canada → Help and hope: reports of volunteers ran at about one and a half times the usual rate →
Part of lifeRights & justice 25 in 100 of the stories about harm · much less than usual Country that rose mostPoland 87 in 100 of its 587 stories, usually 24
RegionSouth Asia 38 in 100 of its stories, usually 28
Tone of the words About as usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

how these are picked →
Health

Cambodia

133 of its 198 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Kratie accounted for 84 of Cambodia's 133 stories about harm, carried by 126 outlets. Reports of people falling ill ran at more than ten times the usual rate (79 stories). Poisoning was named in 79 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's.

Cambodia over 30 days → its stories → Kratie stories →
Protests & strikes

Tunisia

129 of its 215 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Tunis accounted for 107 of Tunisia's 129 stories about harm, carried by 98 outlets. 83 of Tunis' 107 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

Tunisia over 30 days → its stories → Tunis stories →
Conflict & violence

Pakistan

697 of its 1,546 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (384 stories). Gas explosion was named in 69 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. 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.

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

Russia

575 of its 1,310 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. 315 of Moscow's 440 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (389 stories). Flu was named in 21 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Zimbabwe

123 of its 384 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. 45 of Harare's 82 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (13 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Poland

512 of its 587 stories (87%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Jastrzebie accounted for 395 of Poland's 512 stories about harm, carried by 264 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (5 stories).

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Kashmir

289 of its 358 stories (81%) were about people being harmed, usually 53%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (179 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Iraq

180 of its 254 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 49%. Baghdad accounted for 100 of Iraq's 180 stories about harm, carried by 91 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about twice the usual rate (24 stories).

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Rights & justice

Guatemala

22 of its 31 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (18 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: volcanic eruption in US (1733 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); wildfires in Tanzania (13 of its stories, about three times its usual); poisoning in Namibia (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); gas explosion in Sri Lanka (12 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); flooding in Türkiye (23 of its stories, about 8 times its usual).

24 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 21; 23 the day before
25 in 10019 in 1007 Apr14 Apr21 Apr28 Apr6 May7 Apr: 22 in 1008 Apr: 23 in 1009 Apr: 21 in 10010 Apr: 20 in 10011 Apr: 20 in 10012 Apr: 20 in 10013 Apr: 20 in 10014 Apr: 25 in 10015 Apr: 24 in 10016 Apr: 22 in 10017 Apr: 21 in 10018 Apr: 21 in 10019 Apr: 20 in 10020 Apr: 21 in 10021 Apr: 24 in 10022 Apr: 24 in 10023 Apr: 22 in 10024 Apr: 22 in 10025 Apr: 21 in 10026 Apr: 20 in 10027 Apr: 20 in 10028 Apr: 21 in 10029 Apr: 21 in 10030 Apr: 20 in 1001 May: 19 in 1002 May: 19 in 1003 May: 20 in 1004 May: 20 in 1005 May: 23 in 1006 May: 24 in 100 · this day

Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 6 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 25,457 stories about harm among 104,179 counted on 6 May.

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Reports of evacuations ran at about 6 times the usual rate, most often about the US and Canada. Mentions of poisoning ran more than ten times their usual in Cambodia's news. On the side of help, reports of volunteers ran at about one and a half times the usual rate. Stories about people being harmed made up 24 in every 100 of the day's 104,179 stories, above the usual 21. This week the news turned most often to the Central African Republic, on 3 of 7 days; help rose on 4 of them.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Central African Republic98 in 100 of its 185 stories · usually 81 · mostly displacement Poland87 in 100 of its 587 stories · usually 24 · mostly disasters & accidents Afghanistan83 in 100 of its 898 stories · usually 71 · mostly conflict & violence Kashmir81 in 100 of its 358 stories · usually 53 · mostly conflict & violence Syria74 in 100 of its 280 stories · usually 63 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Moscow Russia315 stories about protests or strikes, of its 440 Washington US138 stories about protests or strikes, of its 921 Hebron Palestine91 stories about protests or strikes, of its 102 Tunis Tunisia83 stories about protests or strikes, of its 107 Jerusalem Israel82 stories about protests or strikes, of its 242

Stories, not people.

Where the news was warmest

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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: 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: too little coverage to readIsle 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: too little coverage to readTurkey: about as warm as its own usual or lessTonga: too little coverage to readTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSri 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: too little coverage to readSingapore: about as warm as its own usual or lessSierra Leone: too little coverage to readSeychelles: too little coverage to readSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: about as warm as its own usual or lessSaudi Arabia: too little coverage to readSão 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 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: too little coverage to readParaguay: 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: too little coverage to readNicaragua: 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: 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: 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: too little coverage to readMadagascar: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorth Macedonia: too little coverage to readLuxembourg: 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 lessKyrgyzstan: too little coverage to readKuwait: too little coverage to readKosovo: 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessHonduras: 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 lessGhana: 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: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: too little coverage to readEgypt: 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: 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: 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: 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 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: 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: too little coverage to readBolivia: about as warm as its own usual or lessBhutan: about as warm as its own usual or lessBenin: too little coverage to readBelize: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelgium: too little coverage to readBelarus: too little coverage to readBarbados: 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: 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: too little coverage to readAndorra: 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 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: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: 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: 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 usualTunisia: warmth about its own usualTrinidad & Tobago: warmth about its own usualSyria: warmth about its own usualSwitzerland: warmth about one and a half times its own usualLibya: warmth about its own usualGermany: warmth about its own usualColombia: warmth about its own usualCambodia: warmth about its own usualNelson House, Canada -- deaths & injuries, cause not given: 13 stories, carried by 18 outletsNew Mexico, US -- health: 16 stories, carried by 40 outletsBogota, Colombia -- conflict & violence: 24 stories, carried by 24 outletsSpruce Grove, Canada -- rights & justice: 10 stories, carried by 12 outletsBaton Rouge, US -- disasters & accidents: 36 stories, carried by 70 outletsIstanbul, Türkiye -- conflict & violence: 38 stories, carried by 33 outletsTunis, Tunisia -- conflict & violence: 107 stories, carried by 98 outletsBristol, UK -- health: 15 stories, carried by 11 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

Warmest events

● Nelson House Canada about three times as warm as the day's news · deaths & injuries, cause not given · 13 stories ● New Mexico US about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 16 stories ● Bogota Colombia about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 24 stories ● Spruce Grove Canada about twice as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 10 stories ● Baton Rouge US about twice as warm as the day's news · disasters & accidents · 36 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice25% 6,274 stories · much less than usual (usually 31%) Conflict & violence23% 5,736 stories · more than usual (usually 20%) Disasters & accidents22% 5,477 stories · much more than usual (usually 14%) Health16% 4,040 stories · less than usual (usually 20%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 1,582 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 804 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 692 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 463 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 killed8,480 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected4,377 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Poland Stories reporting people injured3,321 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Afghanistan Stories reporting arrests3,215 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations1,454 at about 6 times the usual rate · most about the US and Canada Stories reporting refugees600 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Lebanon and the US Stories reporting abductions492 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Afghanistan and the US Stories reporting people displaced316 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the Central African Republic and Iraq Stories reporting people falling ill95 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Cambodia and the US

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 about as 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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