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26,429 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 news turned to protests in Yaounde (Cameroon), the cyclone in Yemen and road crashes in Uganda. Uganda's coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Everywhere we counted, the words were about as usual.

Help and hope: reports of people freed or reunited 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 mostOman 84 in 100 of its 598 stories, usually 30
RegionLatin America & Caribbean 37 in 100 of its stories, usually 28
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

Cameroon

124 of its 144 stories (86%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. Yaounde accounted for 76 of Cameroon's 124 stories about harm, carried by 79 outlets. 76 of Yaounde's 76 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of refugees ran at about 4 times the usual rate (17 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

Cameroon over 30 days → its stories → Yaounde stories →
Disasters & accidents

Yemen

165 of its 192 stories (86%) were about people being harmed, usually 69%. Socotra accounted for 99 of Yemen's 165 stories about harm, carried by 80 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (72 stories). Cyclone was named in 99 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Yemen over 30 days → its stories → Socotra stories →
Deaths & injuries, cause not given

Uganda

205 of its 317 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (106 stories). Road crashes were named in 35 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Uganda over 30 days → its stories →
Conflict & violence

Israel

1,015 of its 1,504 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 57%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (162 stories). Outbreaks were named in 171 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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

Venezuela

413 of its 660 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Caracas accounted for 362 of Venezuela's 413 stories about harm, carried by 494 outlets. 321 of Caracas' 362 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of abductions ran at about 8 times the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Oman

503 of its 598 stories (84%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Salalah accounted for 495 of Oman's 503 stories about harm, carried by 636 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about 7 times the usual rate (460 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Health

Congo

322 of its 341 stories (94%) were about people being harmed, usually 84%. the Congo River accounted for 254 of Congo's 322 stories about harm, carried by 224 outlets. Flu was named in 22 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual, with malaria. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Comoros

8 of its 9 stories (89%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. 8 of Anjouan's 8 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 6 times the usual rate (8 stories).

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Displacement

Libya

100 of its 122 stories (82%) were about people being harmed, usually 69%. Bani Walid accounted for 64 of Libya's 100 stories about harm, carried by 63 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (65 stories).

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Protests & strikes

Germany

101 of its 457 stories (22%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. 27 of Berlin's 39 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (32 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: power cuts in Puerto Rico (13 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); earthquake in New Zealand (26 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); nipah virus in India (174 of its stories, about three times its usual); plague in Albania (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); cyclone in Saudi Arabia (10 of its stories, more than ten 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 26 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 26,429 stories about harm among 119,545 counted on 26 May.

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On the side of help, reports of people freed or reunited ran at about one and a half times the usual rate. Stories about people being harmed made up 22 in every 100 of the day's 119,545 stories, above the usual 21. Mentions of the cyclone ran about 5 times their usual in Yemen's news. In Cameroon, 86% of the news was about people being harmed, where 43% is usual. A year earlier, on 26 May 2017, 22 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, the same as today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Congo94 in 100 of its 341 stories · usually 84 · mostly health Cameroon86 in 100 of its 144 stories · usually 43 · mostly rights & justice Yemen86 in 100 of its 192 stories · usually 69 · mostly disasters & accidents Oman84 in 100 of its 598 stories · usually 30 · mostly disasters & accidents Libya82 in 100 of its 122 stories · usually 69 · mostly displacement

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Caracas Venezuela321 stories about protests or strikes, of its 362 Dublin Ireland179 stories about protests or strikes, of its 530 Paris France137 stories about protests or strikes, of its 186 Jerusalem Israel135 stories about protests or strikes, of its 502 Washington US116 stories about protests or strikes, of its 974

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zambia: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: feelings about like the world'sUzbekistan: feelings about like the world'sUruguay: feelings about like the world'sMicronesia: feelings about like the world'sU.S. Virgin Islands: 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: feelings about like the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: feelings about like the world'sTunisia: feelings about like the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: feelings about like the world'sTonga: too little coverage to readTogo: feelings about like the world'sTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readThailand: feelings about like the world'sTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: too little coverage to readTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: too little coverage to readSuriname: feelings about like the world'sSri Lanka: feelings about like the world'sSpain: feelings about like the world'sSouth Korea: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: 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: feelings about like the world'sRwanda: feelings about like the world'sRussia: feelings about like the world'sRomania: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: feelings about like the world'sPoland: feelings about like the world'sParaguay: too little coverage to readPanama: feelings about like the world'sPalau: feelings about like the world'sNiue: too little coverage to readCuraçao: too little coverage to readNepal: feelings about like the world'sNamibia: too little coverage to readMozambique: feelings about like the world'sMorocco: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: too little coverage to readMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMexico: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: too little coverage to readMalta: feelings about like the world'sMali: feelings about like the world'sMalaysia: feelings about like the world'sMalawi: feelings about like the world'sMadagascar: feelings about like the world'sNorth Macedonia: feelings about like the world'sLuxembourg: feelings about like the world'sLithuania: feelings about like the world'sLiberia: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: too little coverage to readLaos: feelings about like the world'sKyrgyzstan: feelings about like the world'sKuwait: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKenya: feelings about like the world'sJordan: feelings about like the world'sIran: feelings about like the world'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sHungary: feelings about like the world'sHaiti: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: 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: feelings about like the world'sNew Caledonia: too little coverage to readFrench Southern Territories: too little coverage to readÅland Islands: too little coverage to readEthiopia: feelings about like the world'sEstonia: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readDominican Republic: feelings about like the world'sDominica: feelings about like the world'sDjibouti: 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: too little coverage to readCroatia: feelings about like the world'sCôte d'Ivoire: feelings about like the world'sComoros: 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 readCambodia: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: feelings about like the world'sBurkina Faso: feelings about like the world'sBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: feelings about like the world'sBrazil: feelings about like the world'sBosnia and Herzegovina: feelings about like the world'sBolivia: too little coverage to readBhutan: feelings about like the world'sBenin: too little coverage to readBelize: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBahrain: feelings about like the world'sBahamas: feelings about like the world'sAzerbaijan: feelings about like the world'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readAntigua & 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'sWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readVatican 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 readBermuda: feelings about like the world'sBritish 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: too little coverage to readAruba: 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: feelings about like the world'sSint Maarten: too little coverage to readChristmas Island: feelings about like the world'sGibraltar: feelings about like the world'sZimbabwe: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sYemen: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sVietnam: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sVenezuela: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sGuam: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPuerto Rico: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sUK: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUkraine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sUganda: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sTürkiye: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sSyria: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSweden: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSudan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSouth Africa: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSomalia: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sSlovakia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSlovenia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSingapore: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sQatar: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPhilippines: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPeru: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPapua New Guinea: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sOman: coverage about one and a half 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 a little warmer than the world'sNiger: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sNicaragua: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sNew Zealand: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNetherlands: coverage a little warmer than the world'sLibya: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sLebanon: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKiribati: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKazakhstan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sJapan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sJamaica: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sItaly: coverage a little warmer than the world'sIsrael: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sIreland: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIraq: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sIndonesia: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sIndia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sHonduras: coverage a little angrier than the world'sGuyana: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGuatemala: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGreece: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGhana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGermany: coverage a little warmer than the world'sFrance: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sFinland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sFiji: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEl Salvador: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sEgypt: coverage a little angrier than the world'sEcuador: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sDenmark: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCuba: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sCosta Rica: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sDR Congo: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sCongo: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sColombia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sChina: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sChile: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sCanada: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCameroon: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sMyanmar: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBotswana: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBelgium: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBangladesh: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sAustria: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAustralia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sArmenia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sArgentina: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sChina: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful 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

● Uganda about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 205 stories about harm ● Türkiye about three times as fearful as the world's · 128 stories about harm ● Syria about twice as angry as the world's · 354 stories about harm ● Kashmir about twice as fearful as the world's · 145 stories about harm ● Israel about twice as angry as the world's · 1,015 stories about harm ● Cameroon about twice as angry as the world's · 124 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice31% 7,963 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents21% 5,370 stories · more than usual (usually 16%) Health20% 5,210 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence16% 4,050 stories · less than usual (usually 19%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 1,304 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 911 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 608 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 460 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 killed8,055 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests3,664 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected3,245 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured2,772 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees466 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations268 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Canada Stories reporting abductions209 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Nigeria Stories reporting people displaced150 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Syria and Colombia Stories reporting people falling ill44 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and China

Stories that report it, not people: we count what reporters wrote, not what happened.

How it felt 30 days →

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The words in the day's stories were about as usual. Filled dot: today. Ring: usual.

● Angerabout as 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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