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22,723 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 day's news pointed at protests in Algiers (Algeria), people falling ill in the Netherlands and violence in Gaza. Palestine's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Everywhere we counted, the words were harsher than usual.

Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate, most often about India and the US → Reports of people falling ill ran at about three times the usual rate, most often about the Netherlands and the US → Help and hope: reports of peace efforts ran at about one and a half times the usual rate →
Part of lifeRights & justice 27 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostIsrael 82 in 100 of its 1,644 stories, usually 37
RegionMiddle East & North Africa 52 in 100 of its stories, usually 37
Tone of the words Harsher than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Protests & strikes

Algeria

110 of its 142 stories (77%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Algiers accounted for 87 of Algeria's 110 stories about harm, carried by 102 outlets. 83 of Algiers' 87 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (87 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

Algeria over 30 days → its stories → Algiers stories →
Health

Netherlands

149 of its 322 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of people falling ill ran at more than ten times the usual rate (89 stories). Respiratory illness was named in 99 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

Netherlands over 30 days → its stories →
Conflict & violence

Palestine

688 of its 1,078 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Gaza accounted for 472 of Palestine's 688 stories about harm, carried by 98 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (350 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about 4 times its own usual.

Palestine over 30 days → its stories → Gaza stories →
Disasters & accidents

Morocco

23 of its 60 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of people affected ran at more than ten times the usual rate (17 stories). Drownings were named in 17 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

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

Syria

205 of its 253 stories (81%) were about people being harmed, usually 67%. Idlib accounted for 114 of Syria's 205 stories about harm, carried by 109 outlets. 62 of Idlib's 114 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (81 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Health

Congo

146 of its 155 stories (94%) were about people being harmed, usually 75%. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (98 stories). Malaria was named in 63 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Conflict & violence

Rwanda

50 of its 57 stories (88%) were about people being harmed, usually 66%. Reports of refugees ran at about 6 times the usual rate (23 stories). Ebola was named in 24 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

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Protests & strikes

Venezuela

419 of its 787 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 44%. Caracas accounted for 291 of Venezuela's 419 stories about harm, carried by 250 outlets. 189 of Caracas' 291 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (39 stories).

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Conflict & violence

Israel

1,344 of its 1,644 stories (82%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (1,090 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Health

Aruba

14 of its 14 stories (100%) were about people being harmed, usually 10%. Reports of people falling ill ran at more than ten times the usual rate (11 stories). Respiratory illness was named in 13 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Also named far more than usual: malaria in Congo (63 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); flooding in Germany (52 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); ebola in Rwanda (24 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); respiratory illness in Aruba (13 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); tsunami in Japan (26 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).

21 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 20; 21 the day before
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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 4 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 22,723 stories about harm among 109,499 counted on 4 May.

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Evacuations were reported at about three times the usual rate, most often about India and the US. 21 in every 100 of the day's 109,499 news stories were about people being harmed, above the usual 20. On the side of help, reports of peace efforts ran at about one and a half times the usual rate. the Netherlands' news mentioned respiratory illness more than ten times as often as usual. Algeria's news was 77% about people being harmed, against a usual 36%.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Congo94 in 100 of its 155 stories · usually 75 · mostly health Rwanda88 in 100 of its 57 stories · usually 66 · mostly conflict & violence Libya84 in 100 of its 175 stories · usually 62 · mostly conflict & violence Israel82 in 100 of its 1,644 stories · usually 37 · mostly conflict & violence Syria81 in 100 of its 253 stories · usually 67 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Caracas Venezuela189 stories about protests or strikes, of its 291 Washington US160 stories about protests or strikes, of its 884 Jerusalem Israel139 stories about protests or strikes, of its 380 Gaza Palestine91 stories about protests or strikes, of its 472 Algiers Algeria83 stories about protests or strikes, of its 87

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

feelings in full →
Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zimbabwe: feelings about like the world'sZambia: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: feelings about like the world'sUzbekistan: feelings about like the world'sUruguay: too little coverage to readMicronesia: 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: feelings about like the world'sIsle of Man: too little coverage to readUnited Arab Emirates: feelings about like the world'sUkraine: feelings about like the world'sUganda: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: feelings about like the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: feelings about like the world'sTonga: 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'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: too little coverage to readSudan: feelings about like the world'sSomalia: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: feelings about like the world'sSlovakia: too little coverage to readSlovenia: too little coverage to readSingapore: feelings about like the world'sSeychelles: too little coverage to readSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: too little coverage to readSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: too little coverage to readSt Vincent: feelings about like the world'sSt. Lucia: feelings about like the world'sRomania: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: feelings about like the world'sPoland: feelings about like the world'sPhilippines: 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'sNiger: too little coverage to readNicaragua: feelings about like the world'sNiue: too little coverage to readCuraçao: too little coverage to readNepal: feelings about like the world'sNamibia: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: too little coverage to readMexico: 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'sMadagascar: feelings about like the world'sNorth Macedonia: feelings about like the world'sLithuania: feelings about like the world'sLiberia: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: too little coverage to readLebanon: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: feelings about like the world'sKyrgyzstan: 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'sJordan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sJamaica: feelings about like the world'sItaly: feelings about like the world'sIndonesia: feelings about like the world'sIndia: feelings about like the world'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sHungary: feelings about like the world'sHonduras: feelings about like the world'sHaiti: feelings about like the world'sGuyana: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: too little coverage to readGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGermany: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: too little coverage to readGambia: too little coverage to readGabon: feelings about like the world'sFrance: feelings about like the world'sSt Pierre & Miquelon: too little coverage to readFrench Polynesia: feelings about like the world'sNew Caledonia: feelings about like the world'sFrench Southern Territories: too little coverage to readÅland Islands: too little coverage to readFiji: feelings about like the world'sEstonia: too little coverage to readEritrea: too little coverage to readEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: feelings about like the world'sEcuador: 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'sN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCuba: feelings about like the world'sCroatia: too little coverage to readCôte d'Ivoire: too little coverage to readCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readChina: feelings about like the world'sHong Kong: feelings about like the world'sChile: feelings about like the world'sChad: feelings about like the world'sCentral African Republic: too little coverage to readCape Verde: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sMyanmar: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: feelings about like the world'sBurkina Faso: too little coverage to readBrunei: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: too little coverage to readBosnia and Herzegovina: feelings about like the world'sBolivia: 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'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBahrain: feelings about like the world'sBahamas: feelings about like the world'sAzerbaijan: feelings about like the world'sAustria: feelings about like the world'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArgentina: feelings about like the world'sAntigua & Barbuda: feelings about like the world'sAngola: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: too little coverage to readAlbania: feelings about like the world'sAksai Chin: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readCrimea: 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: too little coverage to readChagos Islands: too little coverage to readSt. Helena: too little coverage to readPitcairn: too little coverage to readAnguilla: feelings about like the world'sBermuda: 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 readGuernsey: too little coverage to readSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: too little coverage to readCook Islands: 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: 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: too little coverage to readYemen: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sVietnam: coverage a little warmer than the world'sVenezuela: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUK: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sTürkiye: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sTunisia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sTaiwan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSyria: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSweden: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sSri Lanka: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sSpain: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSouth Korea: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSouth Africa: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sSierra Leone: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sRwanda: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sRussia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sQatar: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sPeru: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPakistan: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sNorth Korea: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNigeria: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNew Zealand: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNetherlands: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sMozambique: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMorocco: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sMongolia: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sMali: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sLuxembourg: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sLibya: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sLaos: coverage a little warmer than the world'sIsrael: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sIreland: coverage a little warmer than the world'sIraq: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sGreece: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGhana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sFinland: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sEthiopia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEgypt: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sCzechia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCyprus: coverage about one and a half times as angry 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 about one and a half times as warm as the world'sCanada: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCameroon: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBulgaria: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBrazil: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBelarus: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBangladesh: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAustralia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sArmenia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAlgeria: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sJersey: coverage a little warmer than the world'sAruba: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as 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

● Libya about three times as angry as the world's · 147 stories about harm ● Rwanda about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 50 stories about harm ● Pakistan about three times as fearful as the world's · 279 stories about harm ● Algeria about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 110 stories about harm ● Congo about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 146 stories about harm ● Syria about twice as angry as the world's · 205 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice27% 6,026 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence21% 4,718 stories · about as usual Health20% 4,444 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents19% 4,335 stories · more than usual (usually 16%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 1,226 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 611 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 555 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 421 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 killed7,872 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured3,713 at about twice the usual rate · most about Israel and the US Stories reporting people affected2,872 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting arrests2,493 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations680 at about three times the usual rate · most about India and the US Stories reporting refugees355 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Palestine and the US Stories reporting people displaced225 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Libya and Israel Stories reporting people falling ill182 at about three times the usual rate · most about the Netherlands and the US Stories reporting abductions117 at about half the usual rate · most about Nigeria 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 harsher 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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