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27,201 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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Most of the day's attention went to protests in Riyadh (Saudi Arabia), a disaster in Havana and people falling ill in Pakistan. Congo's coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's. Everywhere we counted, the words were about as usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 28 in 100 of the stories about harm · less than usual Country that rose mostCuba 85 in 100 of its 1,570 stories, usually 23
RegionLatin America & Caribbean 50 in 100 of its stories, usually 26
Tone of the words About as usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Protests & strikes

Saudi Arabia

293 of its 423 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Riyadh accounted for 174 of Saudi Arabia's 293 stories about harm, carried by 219 outlets. 108 of Riyadh's 174 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (246 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

Saudi Arabia over 30 days → its stories → Riyadh stories →
Disasters & accidents

Cuba

1,339 of its 1,570 stories (85%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Havana accounted for 1,248 of Cuba's 1,339 stories about harm, carried by 1,202 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (580 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Cuba over 30 days → its stories → Havana stories →
Conflict & violence

Pakistan

546 of its 1,285 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Reports of people falling ill ran at more than ten times the usual rate (10 stories). Malaria was named in 10 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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

Israel

1,471 of its 1,967 stories (75%) were about people being harmed, usually 56%. Jerusalem accounted for 856 of Israel's 1,471 stories about harm, carried by 489 outlets. 548 of Jerusalem's 856 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (164 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Russia

364 of its 1,221 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. 130 of Moscow's 245 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of abductions ran at about 7 times the usual rate (20 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Palestine

268 of its 464 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 51%. Gaza accounted for 155 of Palestine's 268 stories about harm, carried by 47 outlets. Power cuts were named in 41 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Egypt

88 of its 199 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. 45 of Cairo's 56 stories were about protests or strikes. Train derailment was named in 15 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Conflict & violence

Sri Lanka

113 of its 286 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of people injured ran at about 7 times the usual rate (30 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

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Protests & strikes

United Arab Emirates

59 of its 255 stories (23%) were about people being harmed, usually 9%. 53 of Dubai's 57 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: cyclone in Yemen (33 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hiv in Botswana (19 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); poisoning in Armenia (17 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); power cuts in Puerto Rico (15 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); cyclone in Somalia (13 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

23 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 19 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 27,201 stories about harm among 119,715 counted on 19 May.

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Saudi Arabia's news was 69% about people being harmed, against a usual 25%. of the day's 119,715 news stories, 23 in every 100 were about people being harmed, above the usual 21. On 19 May 2017, a year earlier, the share was 21 in every 100, against 23 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Congo89 in 100 of its 272 stories · usually 79 · mostly health Cuba85 in 100 of its 1,570 stories · usually 23 · mostly disasters & accidents Syria80 in 100 of its 209 stories · usually 68 · mostly conflict & violence El Salvador80 in 100 of its 56 stories · usually 33 · mostly conflict & violence Israel75 in 100 of its 1,967 stories · usually 56 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Jerusalem Israel548 stories about protests or strikes, of its 856 Washington US179 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1003 Moscow Russia130 stories about protests or strikes, of its 245 Riyadh Saudi Arabia108 stories about protests or strikes, of its 174 Denver US98 stories about protests or strikes, of its 125

Stories, not people.

Where harm was most of the news

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zimbabwe: near the world's share or lessZambia: near the world's share or lessVietnam: near the world's share or lessVanuatu: near the world's share or lessUzbekistan: near the world's share or lessUruguay: near the world's share or lessMicronesia: near the world's share or lessU.S. Virgin Islands: near the world's share or lessGuam: near the world's share or lessUnited States: near the world's share or lessSouth Georgia & South Sandwich Islands: no storiesFalkland Islands: no storiesCayman Islands: near the world's share or lessIsle of Man: near the world's share or lessUnited Kingdom: near the world's share or lessUnited Arab Emirates: near the world's share or lessUkraine: near the world's share or lessUganda: near the world's share or lessTurkmenistan: near the world's share or lessTunisia: near the world's share or lessTonga: near the world's share or lessTogo: no storiesTimor-Leste: near the world's share or lessThailand: near the world's share or lessTajikistan: near the world's share or lessTaiwan: near the world's share or lessSwitzerland: near the world's share or lessSweden: near the world's share or lessEswatini: near the world's share or lessSuriname: no storiesSouth Sudan: near the world's share or lessSpain: near the world's share or lessSouth Korea: near the world's share or lessSouth Africa: near the world's share or lessSomaliland: no storiesSlovakia: near the world's share or lessSlovenia: near the world's share or lessSingapore: near the world's share or lessSierra Leone: near the world's share or lessSeychelles: near the world's share or lessSerbia: no storiesSenegal: near the world's share or lessSão Tomé: no storiesSamoa: near the world's share or lessSt Vincent: near the world's share or lessSt. Lucia: near the world's share or lessRomania: near the world's share or lessQatar: near the world's share or lessPortugal: near the world's share or lessPoland: near the world's share or lessPhilippines: near the world's share or lessPeru: near the world's share or lessParaguay: near the world's share or lessPapua New Guinea: near the world's share or lessPanama: near the world's share or lessPalau: no storiesOman: near the world's share or lessNorway: near the world's share or lessNorth Korea: near the world's share or lessNigeria: near the world's share or lessNew Zealand: near the world's share or lessNiue: no storiesNetherlands: near the world's share or lessCuraçao: no storiesNepal: near the world's share or lessNamibia: near the world's share or lessMozambique: near the world's share or lessMorocco: near the world's share or lessWestern Sahara: near the world's share or lessMontenegro: near the world's share or lessMoldova: near the world's share or lessMauritius: near the world's share or lessMauritania: near the world's share or lessMalta: near the world's share or lessMali: near the world's share or lessMalaysia: near the world's share or lessMalawi: near the world's share or lessMadagascar: near the world's share or lessNorth Macedonia: near the world's share or lessLuxembourg: near the world's share or lessLithuania: near the world's share or lessLiberia: near the world's share or lessLesotho: near the world's share or lessLatvia: near the world's share or lessLaos: near the world's share or lessKyrgyzstan: near the world's share or lessKuwait: near the world's share or lessKosovo: no storiesKiribati: near the world's share or lessKenya: near the world's share or lessKazakhstan: near the world's share or lessJordan: near the world's share or lessJapan: near the world's share or lessJamaica: near the world's share or lessItaly: near the world's share or lessIreland: near the world's share or lessIran: near the world's share or lessIndia: near the world's share or lessHungary: near the world's share or lessHonduras: near the world's share or lessHaiti: near the world's share or lessGuyana: near the world's share or lessGuinea-Bissau: no storiesGuinea: near the world's share or lessGuatemala: near the world's share or lessGrenada: near the world's share or lessGreece: near the world's share or lessGhana: near the world's share or lessGermany: near the world's share or lessGeorgia: near the world's share or lessGambia: near the world's share or lessGabon: near the world's share or lessFrance: near the world's share or lessSt Pierre & Miquelon: no storiesFrench Polynesia: near the world's share or lessNew Caledonia: near the world's share or lessFrench Southern Territories: no storiesÅland Islands: no storiesFinland: near the world's share or lessFiji: near the world's share or lessEthiopia: near the world's share or lessEstonia: near the world's share or lessEritrea: near the world's share or lessEquatorial Guinea: near the world's share or lessEcuador: near the world's share or lessDominican Republic: near the world's share or lessDominica: near the world's share or lessDjibouti: near the world's share or lessGreenland: near the world's share or lessFaroe Islands: no storiesDenmark: near the world's share or lessCzech Republic: near the world's share or lessN. Cyprus: no storiesCyprus: near the world's share or lessCroatia: near the world's share or lessCôte d'Ivoire: near the world's share or lessComoros: near the world's share or lessColombia: near the world's share or lessChina: near the world's share or lessHong Kong: near the world's share or lessChile: near the world's share or lessChad: near the world's share or lessCape Verde: no storiesCanada: near the world's share or lessBulgaria: near the world's share or lessBrunei: near the world's share or lessBrazil: near the world's share or lessBotswana: near the world's share or lessBosnia and Herzegovina: near the world's share or lessBolivia: near the world's share or lessBhutan: near the world's share or lessBenin: near the world's share or lessBelize: near the world's share or lessBelgium: near the world's share or lessBelarus: near the world's share or lessBarbados: near the world's share or lessBahrain: near the world's share or lessBahamas: near the world's share or lessAzerbaijan: near the world's share or lessAustria: near the world's share or lessAustralia: near the world's share or lessHeard & McDonald Islands: no storiesArmenia: near the world's share or lessArgentina: near the world's share or lessAntigua & Barbuda: near the world's share or lessAngola: near the world's share or lessAndorra: near the world's share or lessAlgeria: near the world's share or lessAlbania: near the world's share or lessAksai Chin: near the world's share or lessWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): near the world's share or lessWestern Sahara (Free Zone): near the world's share or lessCrimea: near the world's share or lessVatican City: near the world's share or lessMarshall Islands: near the world's share or lessNorthern Mariana Islands: near the world's share or lessAmerican Samoa: near the world's share or lessChagos Islands: no storiesSt. Helena: near the world's share or lessPitcairn: near the world's share or lessAnguilla: near the world's share or lessBermuda: near the world's share or lessBritish Virgin Islands: near the world's share or lessTurks & Caicos Islands: no storiesMontserrat: near the world's share or lessJersey: near the world's share or lessGuernsey: near the world's share or lessSan Marino: no storiesSt Kitts & Nevis: no storiesCook Islands: near the world's share or lessAruba: near the world's share or lessNauru: no storiesMonaco: near the world's share or lessMaldives: near the world's share or lessLiechtenstein: no storiesWallis & Futuna: no storiesSt. Martin: no storiesSt. Barthélemy: no storiesMacao: near the world's share or lessNorfolk Island: no storiesSint Maarten: no storiesChristmas Island: no storiesGibraltar: near the world's share or lessMayotte: near the world's share or lessYemen: 67 in 100 of its 82 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Venezuela: 40 in 100 of its 328 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Puerto Rico: 37 in 100 of its 59 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Türkiye: 37 in 100 of its 208 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Trinidad & Tobago: 36 in 100 of its 78 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Tanzania: 43 in 100 of its 76 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Syria: 80 in 100 of its 209 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Sudan: 43 in 100 of its 42 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Sri Lanka: 40 in 100 of its 286 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Somalia: 62 in 100 of its 60 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Solomon Islands: 67 in 100 of its 9 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Saudi Arabia: 69 in 100 of its 423 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Rwanda: 43 in 100 of its 35 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Russia: 30 in 100 of its 1,221 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Pakistan: 42 in 100 of its 1,285 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Niger: 78 in 100 of its 9 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Nicaragua: 59 in 100 of its 39 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Mongolia: 43 in 100 of its 21 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Mexico: 30 in 100 of its 319 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Libya: 62 in 100 of its 21 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Lebanon: 30 in 100 of its 173 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Israel: 75 in 100 of its 1,967 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Palestine: 58 in 100 of its 464 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Iraq: 33 in 100 of its 390 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Indonesia: 40 in 100 of its 151 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Iceland: 39 in 100 of its 41 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)El Salvador: 80 in 100 of its 56 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Egypt: 44 in 100 of its 199 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Cuba: 85 in 100 of its 1,570 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Costa Rica: 39 in 100 of its 28 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)DR Congo: 98 in 100 of its 41 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Congo: 89 in 100 of its 272 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Central African Republic: 89 in 100 of its 9 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Cameroon: 44 in 100 of its 27 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Cambodia: 51 in 100 of its 41 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Myanmar: 46 in 100 of its 26 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Burundi: 42 in 100 of its 55 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Burkina Faso: 96 in 100 of its 23 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Bangladesh: 35 in 100 of its 318 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Afghanistan: 46 in 100 of its 261 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Kashmir: 30 in 100 of its 319 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Palestine: 58 in 100 of its 464 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Palestine: 58 in 100 of its 464 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Kashmir: 30 in 100 of its 319 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Kashmir: 30 in 100 of its 319 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Palestine: 58 in 100 of its 464 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Kashmir: 30 in 100 of its 319 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)
A quarter or more above the world's share Near the world's or lessNo stories

Each country shaded by how much of its news was about people being harmed, against the world's 23 in 100 that day. Stronger colour: further above. A country with few stories is drawn closer to the world's. Click a country.

Most of its news about harm

● Cuba 85 in 100 of its 1,570 stories · mostly disasters & accidents ● Congo 89 in 100 of its 272 stories · mostly health ● Israel 75 in 100 of its 1,967 stories · mostly conflict & violence ● Syria 80 in 100 of its 209 stories · mostly conflict & violence ● Saudi Arabia 69 in 100 of its 423 stories · mostly rights & justice ● Palestine 58 in 100 of its 464 stories · mostly conflict & violence

Stories, not people. Countries with at least 50 stories.

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice28% 7,459 stories · less than usual (usually 31%) Disasters & accidents22% 6,009 stories · much more than usual (usually 15%) Conflict & violence19% 5,119 stories · about as usual Health16% 4,398 stories · less than usual (usually 20%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given8% 2,195 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 806 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 459 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood1% 325 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 killed10,784 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Israel Stories reporting people injured5,024 at about twice the usual rate · most about the US and Cuba Stories reporting people affected4,181 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Cuba Stories reporting arrests3,644 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations876 at about twice the usual rate · most about the US and Canada Stories reporting refugees200 at about a third of the usual rate · most about the US and Canada Stories reporting abductions175 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Russia Stories reporting people displaced157 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Syria and Iraq Stories reporting people falling ill58 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Pakistan

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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