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36,947 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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Violence in Idlib, the tsunami in Papua New Guinea and rights and justice in Yangon drew the news. Syria's coverage was about three times as angry as the world's. Taken together, the world's news read softer than usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 30 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostPapua New Guinea 73 in 100 of its 193 stories, usually 24
RegionSoutheast Asia 32 in 100 of its stories, usually 23
Tone of the words Softer than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Conflict & violence

Syria

269 of its 334 stories (81%) were about people being harmed, usually 68%. Idlib accounted for 188 of Syria's 269 stories about harm, carried by 139 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about twice the usual rate (77 stories). Building collapse was named in 13 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

Syria over 30 days → its stories → Idlib stories →
Disasters & accidents

Papua New Guinea

140 of its 193 stories (73%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Bulolo accounted for 95 of Papua New Guinea's 140 stories about harm, carried by 100 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (53 stories). Tsunami was named in 122 of its stories about harm, about three times usual, with landslides.

Papua New Guinea over 30 days → its stories → Bulolo stories →
Rights & justice

Myanmar

613 of its 661 stories (93%) were about people being harmed, usually 59%. Yangon accounted for 560 of Myanmar's 613 stories about harm, carried by 604 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about 7 times the usual rate (51 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

Myanmar over 30 days → its stories → Yangon stories →
Protests & strikes

Ethiopia

217 of its 290 stories (75%) were about people being harmed, usually 56%. 79 of Hawassa's 79 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (12 stories). Drought was named in 12 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.

Ethiopia over 30 days → its stories → Hawassa stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Disasters & accidents

Niger

55 of its 59 stories (93%) were about people being harmed, usually 51%. Niamey accounted for 45 of Niger's 55 stories about harm, carried by 45 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (38 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Health

Mongolia

20 of its 34 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (12 stories). Plague was named in 17 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Guatemala

45 of its 75 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. 37 of Fraijanes' 40 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (42 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Rights & justice

Switzerland

104 of its 389 stories (27%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (8 stories). Ebola was named in 20 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Brazil

154 of its 512 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. 29 of Rio de Janeiro's 56 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (10 stories). Accidents were named in 34 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Disasters & accidents

Russia

925 of its 2,552 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 5 times the usual rate (34 stories). Plane crash was named in 102 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual, with volcanic eruption.

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Also named far more than usual: plague in Mongolia (17 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); road crashes in Argentina (23 of its stories, about 10 times its usual); wildfires in Puerto Rico (19 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); drought in Namibia (16 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); volcanic eruption in Indonesia (43 of its stories, about 9 times its usual).

19 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 7 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 36,947 stories about harm among 197,155 counted on 7 May.

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Papua New Guinea's news mentioned the tsunami about three times as often as usual. 19 in every 100 of the day's 197,155 news stories were about people being harmed, below the usual 20. A year earlier, on 7 May 2018, 22 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 19 today. Syria stood out: 81% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 68%.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Niger93 in 100 of its 59 stories · usually 51 · mostly disasters & accidents Myanmar93 in 100 of its 661 stories · usually 59 · mostly rights & justice Syria81 in 100 of its 334 stories · usually 68 · mostly conflict & violence Ethiopia75 in 100 of its 290 stories · usually 56 · mostly rights & justice Papua New Guinea73 in 100 of its 193 stories · usually 24 · mostly disasters & accidents

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US146 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1342 Lahore Pakistan137 stories about protests or strikes, of its 178 Yangon Myanmar132 stories about protests or strikes, of its 560 Dallas US132 stories about protests or strikes, of its 267 Jerusalem Israel129 stories about protests or strikes, of its 287

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: too little coverage to readVenezuela: about as warm as its own usual or lessVanuatu: about as warm as its own usual or lessUzbekistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessUruguay: about as warm as its own usual or lessMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.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: too little coverage to readIsle of Man: too little coverage to readUnited 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessTunisia: about as warm as its own usual or lessTrinidad & Tobago: about as warm as its own usual or lessTonga: about as warm as its own usual or lessTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: about as warm as its own usual or lessTanzania: too little coverage to readTajikistan: too little coverage to readSyria: about as warm as its own usual or lessSweden: about as warm as its own usual or lessEswatini: too little coverage to readSuriname: too little coverage to readSouth Sudan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSouth 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 readSierra 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 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 lessPoland: about as warm as its own usual or lessPhilippines: about as warm as its own usual or lessPeru: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessPakistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessOman: 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: 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: 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: too little coverage to readMalta: about as warm as its own usual or lessMali: 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: too little coverage to readLuxembourg: too little coverage to readLithuania: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessLebanon: about as warm as its own usual or lessLatvia: about as warm as its own usual or lessLaos: too little coverage to readKyrgyzstan: about as warm as its own usual or lessKuwait: about as warm as its own usual or lessKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: too little coverage to readKenya: about as warm as its own usual or lessKazakhstan: too little coverage to readJordan: about as warm as its own usual or lessJamaica: too little coverage to readItaly: 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 lessIndonesia: about as warm as its own usual or lessIndia: too little coverage to readIceland: about as warm as its own usual or lessHungary: about as warm as its own usual or lessHonduras: too little coverage to readHaiti: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessGeorgia: about as warm as its own usual or lessGambia: about as warm as its own usual or lessGabon: too little coverage to readSt Pierre & Miquelon: too little coverage to readFrench Polynesia: about as warm as its own usual or lessNew 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 lessEstonia: about as warm as its own usual or lessEritrea: too little coverage to readEquatorial Guinea: about as warm as its own usual or lessEl Salvador: 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 readCuba: too little coverage to readCroatia: 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessCape Verde: 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 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: too little coverage to readBelgium: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelarus: too little coverage to readBarbados: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessAustralia: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessAngola: 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorthern Mariana Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessAmerican Samoa: too little coverage to readChagos Islands: too little coverage to readSt. Helena: too little coverage to readPitcairn: too little coverage to readAnguilla: too little coverage to readBermuda: about as warm as its own usual or lessBritish Virgin Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessTurks & 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessAruba: about as warm as its own usual or lessNauru: about as warm as its own usual or lessMonaco: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMayotte: too little coverage to readUnited Arab Emirates: warmth about its own usualTürkiye: warmth about its own usualThailand: warmth about its own usualTaiwan: warmth about one and a half times its own usualSwitzerland: warmth about one and a half times its own usualSudan: warmth about its own usualSri Lanka: warmth about its own usualSpain: warmth about its own usualSouth Africa: warmth about its own usualSingapore: warmth about its own usualRwanda: warmth about its own usualPortugal: warmth about its own usualNorway: warmth about its own usualNew Zealand: warmth about its own usualMozambique: warmth about one and a half times its own usualNorth Macedonia: warmth about one and a half times its own usualJapan: warmth about its own usualIsrael: warmth about its own usualFrance: warmth about its own usualEthiopia: warmth about its own usualEgypt: warmth about its own usualDenmark: warmth about one and a half times its own usualCyprus: warmth about its own usualCanada: warmth about its own usualMyanmar: warmth about one and a half times its own usualBulgaria: warmth about its own usualBangladesh: warmth about one and a half times its own usualAfghanistan: warmth about one and a half times its own usualSofia, Bulgaria -- disasters & accidents: 11 stories, carried by 10 outletsNorth Waziristan, Pakistan -- conflict & violence: 13 stories, carried by 33 outletsAnkara, Türkiye -- conflict & violence: 13 stories, carried by 12 outletsKabul, Afghanistan -- conflict & violence: 76 stories, carried by 67 outletsBengali, Bangladesh -- rights & justice: 16 stories, carried by 20 outletsMadrid, Spain -- rights & justice: 26 stories, carried by 23 outletsGeneva, Switzerland -- rights & justice: 75 stories, carried by 76 outletsBihar, India -- deaths & injuries, cause not given: 13 stories, carried by 12 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

● Myanmar warmth about one and a half times usual ● Switzerland warmth about one and a half times usual ● Bangladesh warmth about one and a half times usual ● Mozambique warmth about one and a half times usual ● Denmark warmth about one and a half times usual ● North Macedonia warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Sofia Bulgaria about twice as warm as the day's news · disasters & accidents · 11 stories ● North Waziristan Pakistan about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 13 stories ● Ankara Türkiye about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 13 stories ● Kabul Afghanistan about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 76 stories ● Bengali Bangladesh about twice as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 16 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice30% 10,810 stories · about as usual Health22% 8,160 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence18% 6,397 stories · less than usual (usually 21%) Disasters & accidents16% 5,871 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 2,091 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 1,333 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 971 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 768 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 killed11,535 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests5,651 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected2,961 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and the UK Stories reporting people injured2,839 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Israel Stories reporting abductions464 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees444 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced338 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations197 at about half the usual rate · most about India and the US Stories reporting people falling ill31 at about a third of the usual rate · most about the US and Australia

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 softer than usual. Filled dot: today. Ring: usual.

● Angera little less than 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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