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22,331 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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Protests in Jerusalem (Israel), a disaster in Havana and storms in Sri Lanka drew the news. Sri Lanka's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Across the world, the tone of the words was about as usual.

Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate, most often about the US and Canada →
Part of lifeRights & justice 26 in 100 of the stories about harm · less than usual Country that rose mostCuba 85 in 100 of its 818 stories, usually 39
RegionLatin America & Caribbean 42 in 100 of its stories, usually 27
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 →
Protests & strikes

Israel

1,069 of its 1,499 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 57%. Jerusalem accounted for 688 of Israel's 1,069 stories about harm, carried by 214 outlets. 430 of Jerusalem's 688 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (137 stories). Natural hazards were named in 99 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Israel over 30 days → its stories → Jerusalem stories →
Disasters & accidents

Cuba

695 of its 818 stories (85%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Havana accounted for 665 of Cuba's 695 stories about harm, carried by 741 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (670 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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

Sri Lanka

140 of its 254 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (14 stories). Storms were named in 20 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with landslides. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Sri Lanka over 30 days → its stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Disasters & accidents

Brazil

153 of its 250 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Maranhao accounted for 91 of Brazil's 153 stories about harm, carried by 102 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about 9 times the usual rate (101 stories). Drought was named in 10 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Syria

568 of its 649 stories (88%) were about people being harmed, usually 68%. Damascus accounted for 284 of Syria's 568 stories about harm, carried by 225 outlets. Outbreaks were named in 177 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Colombia

40 of its 83 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. 19 of Bogota's 22 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (25 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Greece

91 of its 219 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (19 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Sudan

66 of its 93 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 53%. Khartoum accounted for 44 of Sudan's 66 stories about harm, carried by 64 outlets. Its coverage was about 4 times as fearful as the world's.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Madagascar

24 of its 28 stories (86%) were about people being harmed, usually 55%. 19 of Antananarivo's 23 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (22 stories).

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: avalanche in Nepal (42 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); outbreaks in Syria (177 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); extreme cold in Argentina (16 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); earthquake in Italy (18 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); cyclone in Somalia (12 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 20 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 22,331 stories about harm among 98,959 counted on 20 May.

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Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate, most often about the US and Canada. Stories about people being harmed made up 23 in every 100 of the day's 98,959 stories, above the usual 21. Mentions of the avalanche ran about 9 times their usual in Nepal's news. On 20 May 2017, a year earlier, the share was 22 in every 100, against 23 today. Israel stood out: 71% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 57%. This week the news turned most often to Israel, on 4 of 7 days; help rose on 4 of them.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Congo91 in 100 of its 364 stories · usually 80 · mostly health Syria88 in 100 of its 649 stories · usually 68 · mostly conflict & violence Cuba85 in 100 of its 818 stories · usually 39 · mostly disasters & accidents Israel71 in 100 of its 1,499 stories · usually 57 · mostly rights & justice Sudan71 in 100 of its 93 stories · usually 53 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Jerusalem Israel430 stories about protests or strikes, of its 688 Lowndes County US110 stories about protests or strikes, of its 150 Washington US109 stories about protests or strikes, of its 581 Ramallah Palestine82 stories about protests or strikes, of its 98 Gaza Palestine70 stories about protests or strikes, of its 226

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zimbabwe: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: too little coverage to readUzbekistan: 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'sGuam: 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 readCayman Islands: too little coverage to readIsle of Man: too little coverage to readUnited Arab Emirates: feelings about like the world'sUganda: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: feelings about like the world'sTunisia: feelings about like the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: feelings about like the world'sTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readThailand: feelings about like the world'sTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sSweden: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: too little coverage to readSuriname: too little coverage to readSouth Sudan: feelings about like the world'sSpain: feelings about like the world'sSouth Korea: feelings about like the world'sSouth Africa: feelings about like the world'sSomalia: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: too little coverage to readSlovakia: too little coverage to readSlovenia: feelings about like the world'sSingapore: feelings about like the world'sSierra Leone: feelings about like the world'sSeychelles: too little coverage to readSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: feelings about like the world'sSaudi Arabia: feelings about like the world'sSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: feelings about like the world'sSt Vincent: too little coverage to readSt. Lucia: too little coverage to readQatar: feelings about like the world'sPoland: feelings about like the world'sPhilippines: feelings about like the world'sPeru: 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'sNorway: feelings about like the world'sNorth Korea: feelings about like the world'sNiger: feelings about like the world'sNicaragua: 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 readNamibia: feelings about like the world'sMozambique: feelings about like the world'sMorocco: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: feelings about like the world'sMongolia: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMexico: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: too little coverage to readMauritania: too little coverage to readMalta: feelings about like the world'sMalaysia: feelings about like the world'sMalawi: feelings about like the world'sNorth Macedonia: feelings about like the world'sLuxembourg: too little coverage to readLithuania: too little coverage to readLiberia: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: too little coverage to readLaos: too little coverage to readKyrgyzstan: feelings about like the world'sKuwait: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: too little coverage to readKenya: feelings about like the world'sKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJamaica: feelings about like the world'sPalestine: feelings about like the world'sIreland: feelings about like the world'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sHungary: feelings about like the world'sHonduras: too little coverage to readHaiti: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: feelings about like the world'sGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: too little coverage to readGhana: feelings about like the world'sGermany: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: feelings about like the world'sGambia: feelings about like the world'sGabon: too little coverage to readSt 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: feelings about like the world'sFiji: feelings about like the world'sEthiopia: feelings about like the world'sEstonia: too little coverage to readEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: 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 readDenmark: feelings about like the world'sCzech Republic: feelings about like the world'sN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: too little coverage to readCroatia: feelings about like the world'sCôte d'Ivoire: too little coverage to readDR Congo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readChina: feelings about like the world'sHong Kong: feelings about like the world'sChad: feelings about like the world'sCentral African Republic: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: too little coverage to readCameroon: feelings about like the world'sMyanmar: feelings about like the world'sBurkina Faso: feelings about like the world'sBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: feelings about like the world'sBosnia and Herzegovina: too little coverage to readBolivia: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: feelings about like the world'sBenin: feelings about like the world'sBelize: feelings about like the world'sBelgium: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: too little coverage to readBahrain: feelings about like the world'sBahamas: feelings about like the world'sAzerbaijan: too little coverage to readAustralia: 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'sAngola: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: feelings about like the world'sAlbania: feelings about like the world'sAksai Chin: feelings about like the world'sGaza: feelings about like the world'sWest Bank: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readEast Jerusalem: feelings about like the world'sVatican City: too little coverage to readMarshall Islands: feelings about like the world'sNorthern Mariana Islands: too little coverage to readAmerican 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 readBermuda: too little coverage to readBritish Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: too little coverage to readJersey: feelings about like the world'sGuernsey: too little coverage to readSan Marino: feelings about like the world'sSt 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: 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: 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 readZambia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sYemen: coverage a little angrier than the world'sVietnam: coverage a little warmer than the world'sVenezuela: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sUK: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUkraine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sTürkiye: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sTonga: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sTaiwan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSyria: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSudan: coverage about 4 times as fearful as the world'sSri Lanka: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sRwanda: coverage a little warmer than the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sRomania: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPortugal: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sNigeria: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNepal: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMali: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sMadagascar: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sLibya: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLebanon: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sJordan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sJapan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sItaly: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sIsrael: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sIraq: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIran: coverage a little warmer than the world'sIndonesia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIndia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sGuyana: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGreece: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sFrance: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sEritrea: coverage a little angrier than the world'sEgypt: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sEcuador: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sCuba: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sCosta Rica: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCongo: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sColombia: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sChile: coverage a little angrier than the world'sCanada: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCambodia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBurundi: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBrazil: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sBarbados: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBangladesh: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAustria: coverage a little warmer than the world'sArgentina: 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 grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sUkraine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMayotte: 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

● Sudan about 4 times as fearful as the world's · 66 stories about harm ● Sri Lanka about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 140 stories about harm ● Egypt about three times as fearful as the world's · 81 stories about harm ● Israel about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 1,069 stories about harm ● Greece about twice as angry as the world's · 91 stories about harm ● Venezuela about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 208 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice26% 5,758 stories · less than usual (usually 31%) Disasters & accidents21% 4,616 stories · much more than usual (usually 15%) Health19% 4,216 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence18% 3,893 stories · less than usual (usually 20%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given8% 1,749 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 753 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 506 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 439 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 killed8,127 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected3,037 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests2,734 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured2,498 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations990 at about three times the usual rate · most about the US and Canada Stories reporting abductions219 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees197 at about half the usual rate · most about Bangladesh and the US Stories reporting people displaced126 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Bangladesh Stories reporting people falling ill46 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and India

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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