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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

how these are picked →
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 →
6 more places the news pointed at
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).

its stories →

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
23 in 10018 in 1007 Apr14 Apr21 Apr28 Apr6 May7 Apr: 20 in 1008 Apr: 20 in 1009 Apr: 19 in 10010 Apr: 19 in 10011 Apr: 19 in 10012 Apr: 19 in 10013 Apr: 19 in 10014 Apr: 20 in 10015 Apr: 19 in 10016 Apr: 18 in 10017 Apr: 19 in 10018 Apr: 18 in 10019 Apr: 19 in 10020 Apr: 20 in 10021 Apr: 23 in 10022 Apr: 21 in 10023 Apr: 20 in 10024 Apr: 20 in 10025 Apr: 20 in 10026 Apr: 19 in 10027 Apr: 20 in 10028 Apr: 23 in 10029 Apr: 21 in 10030 Apr: 20 in 1001 May: 20 in 1002 May: 19 in 1003 May: 21 in 1004 May: 21 in 1005 May: 21 in 1006 May: 20 in 100 · this day

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.

Where the news was warmest

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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: too little coverage to readUruguay: about as warm as its own usual or lessMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.S. Virgin Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuam: 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: too little coverage to readIsle of Man: too little coverage to readUnited Kingdom: about as warm as its own usual or lessUnited Arab Emirates: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessTurkey: about as warm as its own usual or lessTunisia: about as warm as its own usual or lessTrinidad & Tobago: too little coverage to readTonga: about as warm as its own usual or lessTogo: about as warm as its own usual or lessTimor-Leste: about as warm as its own usual or lessThailand: about as warm as its own usual or lessTanzania: about as warm as its own usual or lessTajikistan: too little coverage to readSyria: about as warm as its own usual or lessSwitzerland: 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: too little coverage to readSouth Korea: about as warm as its own usual or lessSomalia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessSlovakia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSlovenia: too little coverage to readSingapore: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessRwanda: about as warm as its own usual or lessRussia: about as warm as its own usual or lessRomania: too little coverage to readQatar: 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 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 lessNigeria: 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 lessNiue: too little coverage to readNetherlands: too little coverage to readCuraçao: too little coverage to readNepal: about as warm as its own usual or lessNamibia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMorocco: about as warm as its own usual or lessWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMoldova: about as warm as its own usual or lessMexico: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritius: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritania: about as warm as its own usual or lessMalta: about as warm as its own usual or lessMali: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessLithuania: about as warm as its own usual or lessLibya: about as warm as its own usual or lessLiberia: about as warm as its own usual or lessLesotho: too little coverage to readLebanon: about as warm as its own usual or lessLatvia: about as warm as its own usual or lessLaos: about as warm as its own usual or lessKyrgyzstan: about as warm as its own usual or lessKuwait: too little coverage to readKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: about as warm as its own usual or lessKenya: too little coverage to readKazakhstan: 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: too little coverage to readIceland: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessGreece: about as warm as its own usual or lessGhana: about as warm as its own usual or lessGermany: too little coverage to readGeorgia: too little coverage to readGambia: about as warm as its own usual or lessGabon: about as warm as its own usual or lessFrance: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt Pierre & Miquelon: too little coverage to readFrench Polynesia: too little coverage to readNew Caledonia: about as warm as its own usual or lessFrench 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessEgypt: about as warm as its own usual or lessEcuador: about as warm as its own usual or lessDominican Republic: about as warm as its own usual or lessDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: too little coverage to readGreenland: about as warm as its own usual or lessFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readCzech 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessCosta Rica: about as warm as its own usual or lessDR Congo: about as warm as its own usual or lessCongo: about as warm as its own usual or lessComoros: too little coverage to readColombia: about as warm as its own usual or lessChina: 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 lessCentral African Republic: too little coverage to readCape 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBolivia: about as warm as its own usual or lessBhutan: 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 lessAzerbaijan: about as warm as its own usual or lessAustria: 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 lessAksai Chin: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBermuda: about as warm as its own usual or lessBritish 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: too little coverage to readCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: about as warm as its own usual or lessNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: about as warm as its own usual or lessMaldives: about as warm as its own usual or lessLiechtenstein: too little coverage to readWallis & Futuna: too little coverage to readSt. Martin: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt. 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMayotte: too little coverage to readTaiwan: warmth about its own usualSweden: warmth about its own usualSouth Africa: warmth about its own usualPhilippines: warmth about its own usualPeru: warmth about its own usualNew Zealand: warmth about its own usualMozambique: warmth about its own usualMalaysia: warmth about its own usualIndonesia: warmth about its own usualHungary: warmth about its own usualDenmark: warmth about one and a half times its own usualBulgaria: warmth about one and a half times its own usualBahamas: warmth about its own usualAustralia: warmth about its own usualCanberra, Australia -- conflict & violence: 29 stories, carried by 29 outletsSevier County, US -- disasters & accidents: 35 stories, carried by 78 outletsKentucky, US -- deaths & injuries, cause not given: 82 stories, carried by 102 outletsStockholm, Sweden -- health: 14 stories, carried by 12 outletsSofia, Bulgaria -- displacement: 77 stories, carried by 59 outletsNorth Waziristan, Pakistan -- conflict & violence: 27 stories, carried by 26 outletsBali, Indonesia -- health: 27 stories, carried by 22 outletsBabine River, Canada -- disasters & accidents: 15 stories, carried by 19 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

● Bulgaria warmth about one and a half times usual ● Denmark warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Canberra Australia about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 29 stories ● Sevier County US about twice as warm as the day's news · disasters & accidents · 35 stories ● Kentucky US about twice as warm as the day's news · deaths & injuries, cause not given · 82 stories ● Stockholm Sweden about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 14 stories ● Sofia Bulgaria about twice as warm as the day's news · displacement · 77 stories

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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