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What the world's news said happened to people.
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33,879 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 a disaster in Niamey, people killed in Israel and refugees in Bulgaria. Niger's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Worldwide, the words used were about as usual.

Help and hope: reports of peace efforts ran at about one and a half times the usual rate →
Part of lifeConflict & violence 22 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostNiger 96 in 100 of its 107 stories, usually 38
RegionEurope 26 in 100 of its stories, usually 17
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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Disasters & accidents

Niger

103 of its 107 stories (96%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Niamey accounted for 97 of Niger's 103 stories about harm, carried by 85 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (83 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Niger over 30 days → its stories → Niamey stories →
Conflict & violence

Israel

1,779 of its 2,309 stories (77%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (1,401 stories). Road crashes were named in 17 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Israel over 30 days → its stories →
Displacement

Bulgaria

92 of its 327 stories (28%) were about people being harmed, usually 10%. Reports of refugees ran at more than ten times the usual rate (58 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

Bulgaria over 30 days → its stories →
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Disasters & accidents

Russia

1,823 of its 3,463 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 12%. Moscow accounted for 1,119 of Russia's 1,823 stories about harm, carried by 1,155 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (100 stories). Plane crash was named in 88 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with heatwave and snowstorms.

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Conflict & violence

Libya

168 of its 194 stories (87%) were about people being harmed, usually 66%. Tripoli accounted for 160 of Libya's 168 stories about harm, carried by 134 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about twice the usual rate (80 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Afghanistan

219 of its 288 stories (76%) were about people being harmed, usually 65%. Kabul accounted for 140 of Afghanistan's 219 stories about harm, carried by 137 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (49 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Syria

182 of its 232 stories (78%) were about people being harmed, usually 68%. Idlib accounted for 125 of Syria's 182 stories about harm, carried by 97 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about three times the usual rate (67 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Puerto Rico

61 of its 105 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (36 stories). Wildfires were named in 35 of its stories about harm, about 9 times usual.

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Protests & strikes

Bahrain

29 of its 91 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. 12 of Manama's 17 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (6 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: earthquake in Papua New Guinea (49 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); road crashes in UK (784 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); wildfires in Puerto Rico (35 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); helicopter crash in Venezuela (32 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); rubella in Germany (22 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

20 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 6 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 33,879 stories about harm among 171,137 counted on 6 May.

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On the side of help, reports of peace efforts ran at about one and a half times the usual rate. Stories about people being harmed made up 20 in every 100 of the day's 171,137 stories, as usual. Niger's news was 96% about people being harmed, against a usual 38%. In Papua New Guinea's news, mentions of the earthquake ran about 5 times their usual. On 6 May 2018, a year earlier, the share was 24 in every 100, against 20 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Niger96 in 100 of its 107 stories · usually 38 · mostly disasters & accidents Libya87 in 100 of its 194 stories · usually 66 · mostly conflict & violence Syria78 in 100 of its 232 stories · usually 68 · mostly conflict & violence Israel77 in 100 of its 2,309 stories · usually 41 · mostly conflict & violence Yemen77 in 100 of its 104 stories · usually 66 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Jerusalem Israel123 stories about protests or strikes, of its 458 Washington US99 stories about protests or strikes, of its 725 Gaza Palestine82 stories about protests or strikes, of its 388 New Delhi India73 stories about protests or strikes, of its 241 Philadelphia US67 stories about protests or strikes, of its 151

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zimbabwe: feelings about like the world'sZambia: feelings about like the world'sVenezuela: 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'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 Kingdom: 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: feelings about like the world'sTimor-Leste: feelings about like the world'sThailand: feelings about like the world'sTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: too little coverage to readTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: 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'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: feelings about like the world'sSlovakia: feelings about like the world'sSlovenia: too little coverage to readSierra Leone: feelings about like the world'sSeychelles: feelings about like the world'sSerbia: too little coverage to readSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: feelings about like the world'sSt Vincent: feelings about like the world'sSt. Lucia: feelings about like the world'sRomania: feelings about like the world'sQatar: 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'sNiue: too little coverage to readNetherlands: feelings about like the world'sCuraçao: too little coverage to readNepal: feelings about like the world'sNamibia: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: too little coverage to readMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMexico: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: feelings about like the world'sMalta: feelings about like the world'sMali: feelings about like the world'sMalaysia: 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: too little coverage to readLatvia: feelings about like the world'sLaos: feelings about like the world'sKyrgyzstan: feelings about like the world'sKuwait: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: feelings about like the world'sKenya: feelings about like the world'sKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sItaly: feelings about like the world'sIreland: feelings about like the world'sIndonesia: feelings about like the world'sIndia: feelings about like the world'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sHonduras: feelings about like the world'sHaiti: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: feelings about like the world'sGhana: feelings about like the world'sGermany: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: feelings about like the world'sGambia: feelings about like the world'sGabon: 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 readFinland: feelings about like the world'sEthiopia: feelings about like the world'sEstonia: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial 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: too little coverage to readGreenland: feelings about like the world'sFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCuba: feelings about like the world'sCroatia: feelings about like the world'sCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sDR Congo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readChina: feelings about like the world'sHong Kong: feelings about like the world'sCentral African Republic: too little coverage to readCape Verde: too little coverage to readCambodia: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: feelings about like the world'sBosnia 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'sBelarus: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sAzerbaijan: feelings about like the world'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readAntigua & Barbuda: too little coverage to readAngola: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: feelings about like the world'sJammu & Kashmir: 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 readAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: feelings about like the world'sSiachen Glacier: feelings about like the world'sAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: feelings about like the world'sVatican 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: too little coverage to readPitcairn: too little coverage to readAnguilla: feelings about like the world'sBermuda: feelings about like the world'sBritish Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readTurks & Caicos Islands: feelings about like the world'sMontserrat: 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: feelings about like the world'sAruba: feelings about like the world'sNauru: 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: feelings about like the world'sSt. Barthélemy: too little coverage to readMacao: feelings about like the world'sNorfolk Island: too little coverage to readSint Maarten: too little coverage to readChristmas Island: too little coverage to readGibraltar: feelings about like the world'sMayotte: too little coverage to readYemen: coverage a little angrier than the world'sVietnam: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUkraine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sUganda: coverage a little warmer than the world'sTürkiye: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sTunisia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSyria: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sSwitzerland: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSweden: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSudan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSri Lanka: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSomalia: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sSingapore: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSenegal: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sRwanda: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPortugal: coverage a little angrier than the world'sPoland: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPeru: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPakistan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNorth Korea: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sNigeria: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNiger: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sNicaragua: coverage a little angrier than the world'sNew Zealand: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sMozambique: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sMorocco: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMongolia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMalawi: coverage a little warmer than the world'sLibya: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sLebanon: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sJordan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sJapan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sJamaica: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sIsrael: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as 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'sHungary: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGuyana: coverage a little angrier than the world'sGuatemala: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGrenada: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGreece: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sFrance: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sFiji: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEgypt: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sDenmark: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCzechia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCyprus: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sCôte d’Ivoire: coverage a little angrier than the world'sCongo: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sColombia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sChile: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sChad: coverage a little angrier than the world'sCanada: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCameroon: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sMyanmar: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBurkina Faso: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBulgaria: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sBrunei: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sBrazil: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sBangladesh: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBahrain: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBahamas: coverage a little warmer than the world'sAustria: coverage a little warmer than the world'sAustralia: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sArmenia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sArgentina: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sAlbania: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sUkraine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sPalestine: coverage about three times as grief-stricken 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

● Palestine about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 578 stories about harm ● Syria about three times as angry as the world's · 182 stories about harm ● Libya about three times as angry as the world's · 168 stories about harm ● Somalia few stories about twice as fearful as the world's · 42 stories about harm ● Bulgaria about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 92 stories about harm ● Niger about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 103 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Conflict & violence22% 7,382 stories · about as usual Rights & justice22% 7,320 stories · much less than usual (usually 28%) Disasters & accidents22% 7,201 stories · much more than usual (usually 16%) Health21% 6,906 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given7% 2,188 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 1,113 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 669 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 668 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 killed12,278 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured3,427 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests3,368 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Sri Lanka Stories reporting people affected3,301 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions410 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and the UK Stories reporting people displaced406 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Libya and the US Stories reporting refugees383 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations350 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill71 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the Netherlands and the US

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
● Feara little less than 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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