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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 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 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessTonga: about as warm as its own usual or lessTogo: 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: too little coverage to readTaiwan: 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: too little coverage to readSuriname: too little coverage to readSouth 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 lessSouth Korea: about as warm as its own usual or lessSouth Africa: about as warm as its own usual or lessSomalia: too little coverage to readSomaliland: too little coverage to readSlovakia: 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 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: too little coverage to readSt. Lucia: about as warm as its own usual or lessRwanda: too little coverage to readRomania: 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: 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 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessCuraçao: too little coverage to readNepal: too little coverage to readNamibia: too little coverage to readMozambique: about as warm as its own usual or lessMorocco: about as warm as its own usual or lessWestern Sahara: about as warm as its own usual or lessMontenegro: about as warm as its own usual or lessMongolia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMoldova: about as warm as its own usual or lessMexico: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessLithuania: too little coverage to readLibya: about as warm as its own usual or lessLiberia: 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: too little coverage to readKyrgyzstan: about as warm as its own usual or lessKuwait: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessJamaica: too little coverage to readIsrael: about as warm as its own usual or lessIreland: 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 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: too little coverage to readGabon: too little coverage to readSt 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: too little coverage to readEquatorial 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 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 readCameroon: about as warm as its own usual or lessCambodia: about as warm as its own usual or lessBurundi: 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: 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: 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: 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessAndorra: 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 lessWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): about as warm as its own usual or lessWestern Sahara (Free Zone): about as warm as its own usual or lessAzad 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBermuda: 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: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessZimbabwe: warmth about its own usualVenezuela: warmth about its own usualUK: warmth about its own usualUkraine: warmth about its own usualSolomon Islands: warmth about its own usualSlovenia: warmth about its own usualRussia: warmth about its own usualPoland: warmth about one and a half times its own usualLesotho: warmth about its own usualItaly: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about one and a half times its own usualIraq: warmth about one and a half times its own usualIndonesia: warmth about its own usualGuatemala: warmth about its own usualFrance: warmth about one and a half times its own usualChina: warmth about its own usualCanada: warmth about its own usualMyanmar: warmth about its own usualBurkina Faso: warmth about its own usualAustralia: warmth about its own usualChina: 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 usualSeeiso, Lesotho -- health: 13 stories, carried by 16 outletsFrench Riviera, France -- rights & justice: 75 stories, carried by 81 outlets-New Boston, US -- rights & justice: 12 stories, carried by 15 outletsIllinois, US -- rights & justice: 15 stories, carried by 16 outletsBuhari, Nigeria -- rights & justice: 15 stories, carried by 10 outletsBogota, Colombia -- rights & justice: 26 stories, carried by 23 outletsLangley, UK -- health: 11 stories, carried by 12 outletsShanghai, China -- conflict & violence: 21 stories, carried by 18 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 ● France warmth about one and a half times usual ● Iraq warmth about one and a half times usual ● Poland warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Seeiso Lesotho about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 13 stories ● French Riviera France about twice as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 75 stories ● -New Boston US about twice as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 12 stories ● Illinois US about twice as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 15 stories ● Buhari Nigeria about twice as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 15 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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