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31,324 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 news turned to protests in Tirana (Albania), the tsunami in Panama and violence in Dablo. Burkina Faso's coverage was about three times as angry as the world's. Worldwide, the words used were about as usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 31 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostPanama 75 in 100 of its 261 stories, usually 22
RegionSoutheast Asia 26 in 100 of its stories, usually 23
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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Protests & strikes

Albania

55 of its 86 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Tirana accounted for 53 of Albania's 55 stories about harm, carried by 125 outlets. 53 of Tirana's 53 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (27 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Albania over 30 days → its stories → Tirana stories →
Disasters & accidents

Panama

196 of its 261 stories (75%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (171 stories). Tsunami was named in 34 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Panama over 30 days → its stories →
Conflict & violence

Burkina Faso

191 of its 206 stories (93%) were about people being harmed, usually 72%. Dablo accounted for 144 of Burkina Faso's 191 stories about harm, carried by 199 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at about twice the usual rate (74 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

Burkina Faso over 30 days → its stories → Dablo stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Conflict & violence

Argentina

117 of its 227 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (11 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Croatia

40 of its 73 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (37 stories). Flooding was named in 37 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with heavy rain.

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Rights & justice

Kashmir

175 of its 277 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 44%. Reports of abductions ran at about 9 times the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

its stories →
Rights & justice

Somalia

66 of its 90 stories (73%) were about people being harmed, usually 49%. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (16 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Costa Rica

21 of its 36 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (11 stories). Tsunami was named in 16 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Cameroon

37 of its 68 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. 3 of Yaounde's 6 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of abductions ran at about 4 times the usual rate (7 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: flooding in Croatia (37 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); drought in Zimbabwe (45 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); tsunami in Costa Rica (16 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); rabies in Norway (19 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); drownings in Lebanon (20 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

18 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 13 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 31,324 stories about harm among 171,807 counted on 13 May.

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Croatia's news mentioned flooding more than ten times as often as usual. 18 in every 100 of the day's 171,807 news stories were about people being harmed, below the usual 20. For the second day running, the news turned to Albania. Albania stood out: 64% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 28%. A year earlier, on 13 May 2018, 24 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 18 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Burkina Faso93 in 100 of its 206 stories · usually 72 · mostly conflict & violence Syria78 in 100 of its 254 stories · usually 71 · mostly conflict & violence Sri Lanka75 in 100 of its 781 stories · usually 84 · mostly conflict & violence Panama75 in 100 of its 261 stories · usually 22 · mostly disasters & accidents Somalia73 in 100 of its 90 stories · usually 49 · mostly rights & justice

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Houston US255 stories about protests or strikes, of its 606 San Francisco US242 stories about protests or strikes, of its 439 Hollywood US172 stories about protests or strikes, of its 783 Manila Philippines130 stories about protests or strikes, of its 226 Boston US118 stories about protests or strikes, of its 454

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'sVietnam: 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: too little coverage to readU.S. Virgin Islands: feelings about like the world'sGuam: 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: feelings about like the world'sUkraine: 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: too little coverage to readTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: 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'sSlovenia: feelings about like the world'sSingapore: feelings about like the world'sSierra Leone: feelings about like the world'sSeychelles: feelings about like the world'sSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: feelings about like the world'sSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: too little coverage to readSt Vincent: feelings about like the world'sSt. Lucia: feelings about like the world'sRussia: feelings about like the world'sRomania: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: feelings about like the world'sPeru: feelings about like the world'sParaguay: feelings about like the world'sPapua New Guinea: feelings about like the world'sPalau: too little coverage to readOman: feelings about like the world'sNorth Korea: feelings about like the world'sNigeria: feelings about like the world'sNicaragua: 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'sMozambique: feelings about like the world'sMorocco: 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'sLatvia: feelings about like the world'sLaos: feelings about like the world'sKyrgyzstan: 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'sJamaica: feelings about like the world'sItaly: feelings about like the world'sPalestine: feelings about like the world'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sHaiti: feelings about like the world'sGuyana: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGreece: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: feelings about like the world'sGabon: feelings about like the world'sSt Pierre & Miquelon: too little coverage to readFrench Polynesia: too little coverage to readNew 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'sFiji: 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: feelings about like the world'sEl 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'sFaroe Islands: feelings about like the world'sCzech Republic: feelings about like the world'sN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCuba: feelings about like the world'sCroatia: feelings about like the world'sCôte d'Ivoire: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readChina: feelings about like the world'sChile: feelings about like the world'sChad: feelings about like the world'sCentral African Republic: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: too little coverage to readCanada: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sMyanmar: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: feelings about like the world'sBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: feelings about like the world'sBrazil: 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'sBahrain: feelings about like the world'sBahamas: feelings about like the world'sAzerbaijan: feelings about like the world'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readAntigua & Barbuda: too little coverage to readAndorra: too little coverage to readAksai Chin: feelings about like the world'sGaza: feelings about like the world'sWest Bank: 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'sEast Jerusalem: 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: feelings about like the world'sAnguilla: feelings about like the world'sBermuda: feelings about like the world'sBritish Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: 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: feelings about like the world'sCook 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: feelings about like the world'sWallis & Futuna: too little coverage to readSt. Martin: too little coverage to readSt. 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: too little coverage to readMayotte: feelings about like the world'sYemen: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPuerto Rico: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sUK: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: coverage a little angrier than the world'sUganda: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sTürkiye: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sTunisia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sThailand: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSyria: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSwitzerland: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSweden: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSudan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSri Lanka: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSpain: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSomalia: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSlovakia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sRwanda: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sQatar: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPoland: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPhilippines: coverage a little angrier than the world'sPanama: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNorway: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNiger: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sNew Zealand: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNamibia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMongolia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMalawi: coverage a little warmer than the world'sLithuania: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLibya: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sLiberia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sLesotho: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLebanon: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sKuwait: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sJordan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sJapan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sIsrael: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIreland: coverage about one and a half 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 angry as the world'sIndonesia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sIndia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sHungary: coverage a little warmer than the world'sHonduras: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGuatemala: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGhana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGermany: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sGambia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sFrance: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sEgypt: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGreenland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sDenmark: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sCyprus: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sCosta Rica: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sDR Congo: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCongo: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sColombia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sHong Kong: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sCameroon: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBurkina Faso: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sBangladesh: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAustria: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAustralia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sArmenia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sArgentina: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sAngola: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAlgeria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sAlbania: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice 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

● Burkina Faso about three times as angry as the world's · 191 stories about harm ● Argentina about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 117 stories about harm ● Germany about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 321 stories about harm ● Kashmir about twice as fearful as the world's · 175 stories about harm ● Türkiye about twice as fearful as the world's · 105 stories about harm ● Albania about twice as angry as the world's · 55 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice31% 9,717 stories · more than usual (usually 28%) Health23% 7,041 stories · more than usual (usually 20%) Conflict & violence18% 5,482 stories · less than usual (usually 21%) Disasters & accidents16% 4,871 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 1,649 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 816 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 688 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 648 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 killed9,130 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests4,198 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected2,753 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured2,396 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Panama Stories reporting abductions515 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Nigeria Stories reporting refugees411 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced255 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations160 at about half the usual rate · most about Australia and the US Stories reporting people falling ill44 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and the Netherlands

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
● 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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