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46,454 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 Conakry (Guinea), people killed in Ethiopia and illness in the Congo River. Ethiopia's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Over the whole world, the tone was much softer than usual.

Help and hope: reports of vaccination ran at about one and a half times the usual rate →
Part of lifeRights & justice 31 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostGuinea 65 in 100 of its 96 stories, usually 21
RegionCentral Asia 20 in 100 of its stories, usually 12
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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Protests & strikes

Guinea

62 of its 96 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. 8 of Conakry's 13 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people affected ran at more than ten times the usual rate (17 stories). Malaria was named in 27 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual, with haemorrhagic fever.

Guinea over 30 days → its stories → Conakry stories →
Conflict & violence

Ethiopia

75 of its 147 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (57 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Ethiopia over 30 days → its stories →
Health

Congo

616 of its 690 stories (89%) were about people being harmed, usually 70%. the Congo River accounted for 248 of Congo's 616 stories about harm, carried by 234 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (218 stories).

Congo over 30 days → its stories → Congo River stories →
Displacement

Colombia

82 of its 163 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (23 stories). Flooding was named in 50 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with heavy rain.

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

Venezuela

254 of its 659 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. 175 of Caracas' 197 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (91 stories). Flooding was named in 11 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual.

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Protests & strikes

Israel

Jerusalem accounted for 1,638 of Israel's 2,211 stories about harm, carried by 709 outlets. 1,202 of Jerusalem's 1,638 stories were about protests or strikes. Earthquake was named in 60 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with wildfires, heatwave and hurricane. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Protests & strikes

Burundi

Bujumbura accounted for 105 of Burundi's 148 stories about harm, carried by 184 outlets. 58 of Bujumbura's 105 stories were about protests or strikes. Drownings were named in 86 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Uzbekistan

35 of its 80 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. 3 of Tashkent's 6 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (6 stories).

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Conflict & violence

Central African Republic

66 of its 72 stories (92%) were about people being harmed, usually 78%. Alindao accounted for 43 of the Central African Republic's 66 stories about harm, carried by 45 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as warm as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Poland

135 of its 364 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (6 stories). Road crashes were named in 22 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Also named far more than usual: drownings in Burundi (86 of its stories, about three times its usual); drownings in France (63 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); road crashes in Poland (22 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); respiratory illness in Sri Lanka (16 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); wildfires in Canada (124 of its stories, about 4 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 17 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 46,454 stories about harm among 224,370 counted on 17 May.

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In Guinea, 65% of the news was about people being harmed, where 21% is usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 21 in every 100 of the day's 224,370 stories, as usual. Help and hope: reports of vaccination ran at about one and a half times the usual rate. In Burundi's news, mentions of drownings ran about three times their usual. On 17 May 2017, a year earlier, the share was 20 in every 100, against 21 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Central African Republic92 in 100 of its 72 stories · usually 78 · mostly conflict & violence Congo89 in 100 of its 690 stories · usually 70 · mostly health DR Congo88 in 100 of its 137 stories · usually 65 · mostly health Nicaragua85 in 100 of its 79 stories · usually 82 · mostly rights & justice Yemen78 in 100 of its 187 stories · usually 72 · mostly displacement

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Jerusalem Israel1202 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1638 Washington US305 stories about protests or strikes, of its 2081 Caracas Venezuela175 stories about protests or strikes, of its 197 Arkansas US123 stories about protests or strikes, of its 168 Xinjiang China106 stories about protests or strikes, of its 168

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'sUruguay: feelings about like the world'sMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.S. Virgin Islands: 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 readIsle of Man: too little coverage to readUnited Arab Emirates: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: feelings about like the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: 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'sTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: feelings about like the world'sSpain: 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'sRussia: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: feelings about like the world'sPhilippines: feelings about like the world'sParaguay: too little coverage to readPapua New Guinea: feelings about like the world'sPanama: feelings about like the world'sPalau: too little coverage to readOman: feelings about like the world'sNew Zealand: feelings about like the world'sNiue: too little coverage to readNetherlands: feelings about like the world'sCuraçao: too little coverage to readNepal: feelings about like the world'sNamibia: feelings about like the world'sMozambique: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: feelings about like the world'sMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: too little coverage to readMauritania: feelings about like the world'sMalta: feelings about like the world'sMalaysia: feelings about like the world'sMadagascar: feelings about like the world'sLuxembourg: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: feelings about like the world'sLaos: feelings about like the world'sKyrgyzstan: feelings about like the world'sKuwait: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJordan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sJamaica: feelings about like the world'sIndia: feelings about like the world'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sHungary: feelings about like the world'sHonduras: feelings about like the world'sHaiti: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: feelings about like the world'sGuinea: feelings about like the world'sGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGermany: feelings about like the world'sGabon: feelings about like the world'sSt Pierre & Miquelon: too little coverage to readFrench Polynesia: too little coverage to readNew Caledonia: feelings about like the world'sFrench Southern Territories: too little coverage to readÅland Islands: too little coverage to readFiji: feelings about like the world'sEstonia: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial Guinea: feelings about like the world'sEl Salvador: 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 readCzech Republic: feelings about like the world'sN. 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'sComoros: too little coverage to readChina: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: too little coverage to readMyanmar: feelings about like the world'sBurkina Faso: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: feelings about like the world'sBrazil: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: feelings about like the world'sBolivia: too little coverage to readBhutan: feelings about like the world'sBelgium: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBahamas: feelings about like the world'sAzerbaijan: feelings about like the world'sAustria: feelings about like the world'sAustralia: 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 readAlbania: 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: feelings about like the world'sChagos Islands: too little coverage to readSt. Helena: too little coverage to readPitcairn: too little coverage to readAnguilla: too little coverage to readBritish 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: too little coverage to readNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: feelings about like the world'sMaldives: 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 about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sYemen: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sUzbekistan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGuam: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCayman Islands: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sUK: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sUganda: coverage a little warmer than the world'sTürkiye: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sTunisia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSyria: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sSwitzerland: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSweden: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sSudan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSri Lanka: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSouth Korea: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSouth Africa: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSomalia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSingapore: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSenegal: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sRwanda: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sRomania: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sQatar: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPoland: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPeru: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPakistan: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sNorway: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNorth Korea: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNigeria: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sNiger: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sNicaragua: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sMorocco: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sMoldova: coverage a little angrier than the world'sMexico: coverage a little angrier than the world'sMali: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMalawi: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sNorth Macedonia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sLithuania: 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 more fearful than the world'sLebanon: coverage a little warmer than the world'sKiribati: coverage a little angrier than the world'sKenya: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sItaly: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sIsrael: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sIreland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sIraq: coverage a little warmer than the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIndonesia: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sGuyana: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGreece: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGhana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGeorgia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sGambia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sFrance: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sFinland: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sEthiopia: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sEgypt: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sDenmark: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCosta Rica: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sDR Congo: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCongo: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sColombia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sHong Kong: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sChile: coverage a little angrier than the world'sChad: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCentral African Republic: coverage about twice as warm as the world'sCanada: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCameroon: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCambodia: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sBurundi: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sBulgaria: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBosnia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBenin: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBelize: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBangladesh: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBahrain: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sArgentina: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sAngola: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAlgeria: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPalestine: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBermuda: coverage a little more fearful than 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

● Central African Republic about twice as warm as the world's · 66 stories about harm ● Indonesia about twice as fearful as the world's · 175 stories about harm ● Yemen about three times as angry as the world's · 146 stories about harm ● Pakistan about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 552 stories about harm ● Syria about twice as fearful as the world's · 226 stories about harm ● Burundi about twice as fearful as the world's · 148 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice31% 14,094 stories · about as usual Health21% 9,713 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence17% 7,943 stories · less than usual (usually 20%) Disasters & accidents16% 7,319 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 2,713 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 1,731 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 1,138 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 936 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 killed12,995 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests6,315 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected5,373 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured4,227 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations1,023 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Canada Stories reporting refugees551 at about half the usual rate · most about Israel and Bangladesh Stories reporting people displaced404 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions399 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Nigeria Stories reporting people falling ill139 at about the usual rate

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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