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What the world's news said happened to people.
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48,060 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 a disaster in Nakuru, protests in Jakarta (Indonesia) and rights and justice in Pyongyang. Indonesia's coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's. Over the whole world, the tone was much softer than usual.

Help and hope: reports of people freed or reunited ran at about three times the usual rate →
Part of lifeRights & justice 34 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostNorth Korea 66 in 100 of its 2,831 stories, usually 25
RegionEast Asia 26 in 100 of its stories, usually 14
Tone of the words Much softer than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

how these are picked →
Disasters & accidents

Kenya

873 of its 1,393 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Nakuru accounted for 578 of Kenya's 873 stories about harm, carried by 514 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (332 stories). Landslides were named in 83 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Kenya over 30 days → its stories → Nakuru stories →
Protests & strikes

Indonesia

244 of its 429 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Jakarta accounted for 200 of Indonesia's 244 stories about harm, carried by 143 outlets. 127 of Jakarta's 200 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (95 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

Indonesia over 30 days → its stories → Jakarta stories →
Rights & justice

North Korea

1,875 of its 2,831 stories (66%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Pyongyang accounted for 1,683 of North Korea's 1,875 stories about harm, carried by 1,366 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (1,563 stories). Volcanic eruption was named in 50 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual.

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

Niger

389 of its 414 stories (94%) were about people being harmed, usually 73%. Tongo Tongo accounted for 186 of Niger's 389 stories about harm, carried by 325 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (8 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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

Syria

1,311 of its 1,845 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 61%. 341 of Golan Heights' 622 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of abductions ran at about 4 times the usual rate (19 stories). Polio was named in 15 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual. Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Singapore

106 of its 538 stories (20%) were about people being harmed, usually 12%. 69 of Sentosa's 86 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 8 times the usual rate (87 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Health

Congo

255 of its 277 stories (92%) were about people being harmed, usually 57%. Reports of people falling ill ran at more than ten times the usual rate (36 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Somalia

190 of its 220 stories (86%) were about people being harmed, usually 51%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (56 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Deaths & injuries, cause not given

Switzerland

337 of its 716 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Rights & justice

Libya

191 of its 230 stories (83%) were about people being harmed, usually 64%. Tripoli accounted for 125 of Libya's 191 stories about harm, carried by 190 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at about 5 times the usual rate (11 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: hiv in Trinidad & Tobago (12 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); heavy rain in Sierra Leone (13 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); building collapse in Brazil (15 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); hepatitis in Armenia (13 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); storms in Australia (98 of its stories, about 8 times its usual).

21 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 10 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 48,060 stories about harm among 227,246 counted on 10 May.

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Help and hope: reports of people freed or reunited ran at about three times the usual rate. of the day's 227,246 news stories, 21 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Trinidad & Tobago's news mentioned HIV more than ten times as often as usual. Kenya's news was 63% about people being harmed, against a usual 28%. A year earlier, on 10 May 2017, 20 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 21 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Niger94 in 100 of its 414 stories · usually 73 · mostly conflict & violence Congo92 in 100 of its 277 stories · usually 57 · mostly health Somalia86 in 100 of its 220 stories · usually 51 · mostly conflict & violence Nicaragua83 in 100 of its 101 stories · usually 78 · mostly rights & justice Libya83 in 100 of its 230 stories · usually 64 · mostly rights & justice

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US416 stories about protests or strikes, of its 2441 Jerusalem Israel351 stories about protests or strikes, of its 781 Golan Heights Syria341 stories about protests or strikes, of its 622 Kuala Lumpur Malaysia336 stories about protests or strikes, of its 407 Damascus Syria269 stories about protests or strikes, of its 548

Stories, not people.

Where the news was warmest

feelings in full →
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: 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: 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 lessTurkey: about as warm as its own usual or lessTunisia: 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 lessThailand: 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 lessSyria: about as warm as its own usual or lessSwitzerland: 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: too little coverage to readSouth 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSlovakia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSlovenia: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt. Lucia: about as warm as its own usual or lessPhilippines: too little coverage to readPeru: about as warm as its own usual or lessParaguay: about as warm as its own usual or lessPapua New Guinea: 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 readCuraçao: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMongolia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMoldova: too little coverage to readMexico: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritius: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritania: 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 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: too little coverage to readLithuania: 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: too little coverage to readLebanon: 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 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: too little coverage to readGhana: about as warm as its own usual or lessGermany: 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: 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: too little coverage to readEstonia: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessDominica: about as warm as its own usual or lessDjibouti: too little coverage to readGreenland: about as warm as its own usual or lessFaroe Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessDenmark: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessCosta 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: too little coverage to readCentral 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 lessBurundi: too little coverage to readBurkina 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: too little coverage to readBolivia: about as warm as its own usual or lessBhutan: too little coverage to readBenin: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelize: too little coverage to readBelgium: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelarus: about as warm as its own usual or lessBarbados: too little coverage to readBangladesh: 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: 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 lessJammu & Kashmir: about as warm as its own usual or lessAksai Chin: 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 lessAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessVatican City: about as warm as its own usual or lessMarshall 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: 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: too little coverage to readSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: about as warm as its own usual or lessCook 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMayotte: too little coverage to readVenezuela: warmth about its own usualUkraine: warmth about its own usualTaiwan: warmth about its own usualSouth Sudan: warmth about its own usualSudan: warmth about its own usualSri Lanka: warmth about its own usualSpain: warmth about its own usualSingapore: warmth about one and a half times its own usualRwanda: warmth about its own usualRussia: warmth about its own usualRomania: warmth about its own usualQatar: warmth about its own usualPortugal: warmth about its own usualPoland: warmth about its own usualPanama: warmth about its own usualNetherlands: warmth about its own usualMozambique: warmth about its own usualMalaysia: warmth about one and a half times its own usualPalestine: warmth about one and a half times its own usualIndonesia: warmth about its own usualGreece: warmth about its own usualEcuador: warmth about its own usualMyanmar: warmth about its own usualBosnia: warmth about its own usualArmenia: warmth about its own usualAfghanistan: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about one and a half times its own usualPalestine: warmth about one and a half times its own usualUkraine: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about one and a half times its own usualDarfur, Sudan -- conflict & violence: 37 stories, carried by 20 outletsMagunde, Mozambique -- conflict & violence: 12 stories, carried by 11 outletsBig Island, US -- conflict & violence: 74 stories, carried by 85 outletsNew Jersey, US -- rights & justice: 43 stories, carried by 27 outletsPanama Canal, Panama -- conflict & violence: 14 stories, carried by 13 outletsBeira, Mozambique -- conflict & violence: 11 stories, carried by 12 outletsJuba, South Sudan -- conflict & violence: 17 stories, carried by 15 outletsNorth Curry, UK -- health: 12 stories, carried by 10 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

● Palestine warmth about one and a half times usual ● Malaysia warmth about one and a half times usual ● Singapore warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Darfur Sudan about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 37 stories ● Magunde Mozambique about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 12 stories ● Big Island US about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 74 stories ● New Jersey US about twice as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 43 stories ● Panama Canal Panama about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 14 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice34% 16,084 stories · more than usual (usually 31%) Health20% 9,388 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence17% 8,238 stories · less than usual (usually 20%) Disasters & accidents15% 7,030 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 2,865 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 1,350 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 1,223 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 993 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 killed13,905 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests8,156 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and North Korea Stories reporting people affected5,750 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured3,679 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions1,099 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about North Korea and the US Stories reporting evacuations897 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Canada Stories reporting refugees789 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced717 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Kenya and Iraq Stories reporting people falling ill195 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Congo

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.

● Angerabout as 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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