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24,008 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 Caracas (Venezuela), storm surge in Oman and road crashes in Uganda. Yemen's coverage was about three times as angry as the world's. Across the world, the tone of the words was much softer than usual.

Help and hope: reports of people freed or reunited ran at about three times the usual rate →
Part of lifeRights & justice 28 in 100 of the stories about harm · less than usual Country that rose mostOman 75 in 100 of its 346 stories, usually 36
RegionLatin America & Caribbean 43 in 100 of its stories, usually 28
Tone of the words Much softer than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

how these are picked →
Protests & strikes

Venezuela

716 of its 1,209 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Caracas accounted for 699 of Venezuela's 716 stories about harm, carried by 622 outlets. 668 of Caracas' 699 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (682 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

Venezuela over 30 days → its stories → Caracas stories →
Disasters & accidents

Oman

260 of its 346 stories (75%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Salalah accounted for 244 of Oman's 260 stories about harm, carried by 212 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (182 stories). Storm surge was named in 90 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual.

Oman over 30 days → its stories → Salalah stories →
Deaths & injuries, cause not given

Uganda

72 of its 139 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (23 stories). Road crashes were named in 15 of its stories about harm, about 10 times usual, with ebola. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Uganda over 30 days → its stories →
Conflict & violence

Yemen

179 of its 224 stories (80%) were about people being harmed, usually 70%. Sanaa accounted for 99 of Yemen's 179 stories about harm, carried by 122 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (122 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

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

Lebanon

96 of its 161 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Beirut accounted for 79 of Lebanon's 96 stories about harm, carried by 106 outlets. 72 of Beirut's 79 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (73 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Germany

219 of its 765 stories (29%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. 118 of Berlin's 134 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of refugees ran at about 7 times the usual rate (106 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Ethiopia

125 of its 192 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (82 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Albania

46 of its 62 stories (74%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. 18 of Tirana's 18 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people affected ran at more than ten times the usual rate (31 stories).

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Conflict & violence

Cameroon

63 of its 76 stories (83%) were about people being harmed, usually 46%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (47 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Colombia

307 of its 541 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Bogota accounted for 218 of Colombia's 307 stories about harm, carried by 173 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as warm as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: power cuts in Puerto Rico (21 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); respiratory illness in Palestine (122 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); flu in Bulgaria (16 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); wildfires in Mexico (29 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hurricane in US (1343 of its stories, about 6 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 27 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 24,008 stories about harm among 109,860 counted on 27 May.

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Reports of people freed or reunited, a sign of help, ran at about three times the usual rate. 22 in every 100 of the day's 109,860 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. In Venezuela, 59% of the news was about people being harmed, where 31% is usual. A year earlier, on 27 May 2017, 25 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 22 today. This week the news turned most often to Oman, 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 →

Congo90 in 100 of its 172 stories · usually 85 · mostly health Cameroon83 in 100 of its 76 stories · usually 46 · mostly conflict & violence Syria82 in 100 of its 390 stories · usually 70 · mostly conflict & violence Yemen80 in 100 of its 224 stories · usually 70 · mostly conflict & violence Oman75 in 100 of its 346 stories · usually 36 · mostly disasters & accidents

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Caracas Venezuela668 stories about protests or strikes, of its 699 Berlin Germany118 stories about protests or strikes, of its 134 Washington US117 stories about protests or strikes, of its 753 Jerusalem Israel108 stories about protests or strikes, of its 396 Dublin Ireland105 stories about protests or strikes, of its 272

Stories, not people.

Where the news was warmest

feelings in full →
Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zimbabwe: about as warm as its own usual or lessZambia: 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 lessVenezuela: about as warm as its own usual or lessVanuatu: too little coverage to readUzbekistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessUruguay: about as warm as its own usual or lessMicronesia: about as warm as its own usual or lessU.S. Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readGuam: about as warm as its own usual or lessPuerto 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessUnited Kingdom: about as warm as its own usual or lessUkraine: about as warm as its own usual or lessUganda: about as warm as its own usual or lessTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTunisia: about as warm as its own usual or lessTrinidad & Tobago: too little coverage to readTonga: too little coverage to readTogo: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessTaiwan: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSuriname: 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 Africa: about as warm as its own usual or lessSomalia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: too little coverage to readSlovakia: too little coverage to readSlovenia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSierra Leone: about as warm as its own usual or lessSeychelles: too little coverage to readSerbia: 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: too little coverage to readRwanda: about as warm as its own usual or lessRussia: about as warm as its own usual or lessRomania: 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 lessPoland: about as warm as its own usual or lessPhilippines: too little coverage to readPeru: about as warm as its own usual or lessParaguay: too little coverage to readPapua 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessNamibia: too little coverage to readMozambique: too little coverage to readMorocco: about as warm as its own usual or lessWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: too little coverage to readMoldova: too little coverage to readMauritius: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritania: about as warm as its own usual or lessMalta: too little coverage to readMali: 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: too little coverage to readLithuania: too little coverage to readLiberia: about as warm as its own usual or lessLesotho: about as warm as its own usual or lessLatvia: too little coverage to readLaos: about as warm as its own usual or lessKyrgyzstan: too little coverage to readKuwait: about as warm as its own usual or lessKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: about as warm as its own usual or lessKenya: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessItaly: about as warm as its own usual or lessIsrael: about as warm as its own usual or lessPalestine: about as warm as its own usual or lessIreland: about as warm as its own usual or lessIraq: 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 lessGuatemala: about as warm as its own usual or lessGrenada: too little coverage to readGhana: 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: too little coverage to readFrench 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: too little coverage to readEcuador: 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 lessCongo: about as warm as its own usual or lessComoros: 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 lessCape Verde: too little coverage to readCanada: about as warm as its own usual or lessCameroon: about as warm as its own usual or lessCambodia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMyanmar: about as warm as its own usual or lessBurundi: about as warm as its own usual or lessBurkina Faso: too little coverage to readBulgaria: 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: too little coverage to readBhutan: about as warm as its own usual or lessBenin: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelize: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelgium: 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: too little coverage to readAustralia: 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: too little coverage to readAngola: 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 lessGaza: about as warm as its own usual or lessWest Bank: about as warm as its own usual or lessWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSiachen Glacier: about as warm as its own usual or lessCrimea: about as warm as its own usual or lessEast Jerusalem: about as warm as its own usual or lessAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessVatican City: about as warm as its own usual or lessMarshall 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuernsey: too little coverage to readSan 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorfolk Island: too little coverage to readSint Maarten: too little coverage to readChristmas Island: too little coverage to readGibraltar: too little coverage to readMayotte: too little coverage to readUnited Arab Emirates: warmth about its own usualTürkiye: warmth about its own usualSouth Korea: warmth about its own usualSingapore: warmth about its own usualNigeria: warmth about its own usualMexico: warmth about its own usualLibya: warmth about its own usualLebanon: warmth about its own usualIndonesia: warmth about its own usualGreece: warmth about its own usualGermany: warmth about one and a half times its own usualFrance: warmth about its own usualEgypt: warmth about its own usualDR Congo: warmth about its own usualColombia: warmth about one and a half times its own usualChina: warmth about its own usualCentral African Republic: warmth about its own usualChina: warmth about its own usualMonaco: warmth about its own usualSan Francisco, US -- other: 69 stories, carried by 28 outletsCosham, UK -- health: 69 stories, carried by 69 outletsHampshire, UK -- health: 23 stories, carried by 156 outletsBogota, Colombia -- conflict & violence: 218 stories, carried by 173 outletsMedellin, Colombia -- conflict & violence: 68 stories, carried by 64 outletsNebraska, US -- rights & justice: 27 stories, carried by 27 outletsSeoul, South Korea -- rights & justice: 71 stories, carried by 79 outletsRajouri, Kashmir -- displacement: 17 stories, carried by 15 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

● Colombia warmth about one and a half times usual ● Germany warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● San Francisco US about twice as warm as the day's news · other · 69 stories ● Cosham UK about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 69 stories ● Hampshire UK about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 23 stories ● Bogota Colombia about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 218 stories ● Medellin Colombia about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 68 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice28% 6,502 stories · less than usual (usually 30%) Disasters & accidents23% 5,523 stories · much more than usual (usually 17%) Conflict & violence19% 4,478 stories · about as usual Health17% 3,985 stories · less than usual (usually 20%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 1,358 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 730 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 522 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 407 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 killed7,511 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected3,621 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Spain Stories reporting arrests3,131 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured2,099 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees396 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations237 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Canada Stories reporting people displaced189 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions185 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Australia Stories reporting people falling ill64 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.

● 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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