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25,516 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 Cibitoke, protests in Jerusalem (Israel) and abductions in Australia drew the news. Burundi's coverage was about three times as angry as the world's. Everywhere we counted, the words were about as usual.

Reports of people displaced ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about Iraq and the US →
Part of lifeRights & justice 32 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostAustria 69 in 100 of its 169 stories, usually 21
RegionEast Asia 25 in 100 of its stories, usually 15
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 →
Conflict & violence

Burundi

209 of its 226 stories (92%) were about people being harmed, usually 69%. Cibitoke accounted for 172 of Burundi's 209 stories about harm, carried by 184 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (181 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

Burundi over 30 days → its stories → Cibitoke stories →
Protests & strikes

Israel

Jerusalem accounted for 576 of Israel's 832 stories about harm, carried by 156 outlets. 359 of Jerusalem's 576 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people displaced ran at about three times the usual rate (18 stories). Outbreaks were named in 42 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual.

Israel over 30 days → its stories → Jerusalem stories →
Health

Australia

609 of its 2,612 stories (23%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of abductions ran at about 6 times the usual rate (22 stories). Power cuts were named in 25 of its stories about harm, about 9 times usual.

Australia over 30 days → its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Gambia

27 of its 52 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Heatwave was named in 16 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

Gambia over 30 days → its stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Conflict & violence

Myanmar

133 of its 157 stories (85%) were about people being harmed, usually 68%. Taang accounted for 82 of Myanmar's 133 stories about harm, carried by 77 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 8 times the usual rate (111 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Austria

117 of its 169 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Bleiburg accounted for 112 of Austria's 117 stories about harm, carried by 129 outlets. Its coverage was about 5 times as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

North Korea

592 of its 1,077 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Pyongyang accounted for 535 of North Korea's 592 stories about harm, carried by 501 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (497 stories).

its stories →
Conflict & violence

France

649 of its 1,624 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (442 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Colombia

58 of its 87 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. 45 of Cucuta's 46 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Georgia

24 of its 37 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. 21 of Tbilisi's 23 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (22 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: tsunami in Japan (37 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); outbreaks in Palestine (83 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); road crashes in Pakistan (55 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); landslides in Malaysia (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); road crashes in South Africa (11 of its stories, about 6 times its usual).

22 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 12 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 25,516 stories about harm among 117,072 counted on 12 May.

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Reports of people displaced ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about Iraq and the US. 22 in every 100 of the day's 117,072 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. In Japan's news, mentions of the tsunami ran about 7 times their usual. On 12 May 2017, a year earlier, the share was 20 in every 100, against 22 today. Burundi's news was 92% about people being harmed, against a usual 69%.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Burundi92 in 100 of its 226 stories · usually 69 · mostly conflict & violence Yemen88 in 100 of its 90 stories · usually 73 · mostly conflict & violence Myanmar85 in 100 of its 157 stories · usually 68 · mostly conflict & violence Nicaragua82 in 100 of its 55 stories · usually 79 · mostly rights & justice Syria78 in 100 of its 321 stories · usually 60 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Jerusalem Israel359 stories about protests or strikes, of its 576 Washington US180 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1173 Chicago US156 stories about protests or strikes, of its 239 Oklahoma US133 stories about protests or strikes, of its 162 Gaza Palestine107 stories about protests or strikes, of its 148

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 lessVanuatu: about as warm as its own usual or lessUzbekistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessUruguay: too little coverage to readMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.S. Virgin Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuam: too little coverage to readPuerto 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: 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 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: too little coverage to readTanzania: 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 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSpain: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: 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 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 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: 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 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: 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: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessLebanon: about as warm as its own usual or lessLatvia: too little coverage to readLaos: about as warm as its own usual or lessKyrgyzstan: too little coverage to readKuwait: 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: too little coverage to readJamaica: 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: too little coverage to readIran: 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 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: 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 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 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: too little coverage to readEl 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessDominica: about as warm as its own usual or lessDjibouti: too little coverage to readGreenland: too little coverage to readFaroe 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: 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 readCameroon: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBulgaria: about as warm as its own usual or lessBrunei: about as warm as its own usual or lessBrazil: about as warm as its own usual or lessBotswana: too little coverage to readBosnia 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: too little coverage to readBelize: 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: too little coverage to readAlbania: too little coverage to readAksai 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 readEast 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessPitcairn: about as warm as its own usual or lessAnguilla: 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: too little coverage to readCook Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessAruba: 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: 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 readZimbabwe: warmth about its own usualVenezuela: warmth about its own usualUkraine: warmth about its own usualSouth Korea: warmth about its own usualSouth Africa: warmth about its own usualSaudi Arabia: warmth about its own usualPoland: warmth about one and a half times its own usualNorth Korea: warmth about its own usualIndonesia: warmth about one and a half times its own usualFiji: warmth about its own usualCanada: warmth about its own usualArmenia: warmth about its own usualAfghanistan: warmth about one and a half times its own usualKashmir: warmth about one and a half times its own usualKashmir: warmth about one and a half times its own usualKashmir: warmth about one and a half times its own usualUkraine: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about one and a half times its own usualBogor, Indonesia -- conflict & violence: 48 stories, carried by 50 outletsAssisi, Italy -- conflict & violence: 30 stories, carried by 28 outletsKabul, Afghanistan -- conflict & violence: 46 stories, carried by 35 outletsPulwama, Kashmir -- conflict & violence: 31 stories, carried by 21 outletsKiev, Ukraine -- conflict & violence: 26 stories, carried by 22 outletsCharlottesville, US -- conflict & violence: 13 stories, carried by 12 outletsBeirut, Lebanon -- conflict & violence: 12 stories, carried by 10 outletsKarnataka, India -- conflict & violence: 16 stories, carried by 14 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

● Indonesia warmth about one and a half times usual ● Afghanistan warmth about one and a half times usual ● Poland warmth about one and a half times usual ● Kashmir warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Bogor Indonesia about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 48 stories ● Assisi Italy about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 30 stories ● Kabul Afghanistan about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 46 stories ● Pulwama Kashmir about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 31 stories ● Kiev Ukraine about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 26 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice32% 7,936 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence22% 5,607 stories · more than usual (usually 19%) Disasters & accidents18% 4,452 stories · more than usual (usually 14%) Health16% 4,111 stories · less than usual (usually 20%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 1,464 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 630 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 525 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 391 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 killed7,034 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests3,708 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected2,827 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured2,715 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations751 at about twice the usual rate · most about the US and Canada Stories reporting people displaced527 at about twice the usual rate · most about Iraq and the US Stories reporting abductions352 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees199 at about a third of the usual rate · most about the US and the UK Stories reporting people falling ill56 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Australia

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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